Sounds familiar
"After his indictment Netanyahu became “a lot more aggressive and belligerent vis-à-vis Israel’s judiciary and law and enforcement agencies,” said Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute, a think-tank. “He also increasingly allied himself to the most marginal and extreme elements of Israeli society.”'
https://www.ft.com/content/e4524be8-c9b9-4879-8593-5d0e5543d708
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And yet somehow he was elected to PM again. How does that happen?
It's an object lesson--when wrongdoing goes unpunished, the willingness to engage in wrongdoing provides significant strategic advantage.