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Are new Knesset proposals pushing Israel toward Hungary-style governance? – opinion

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks alongside former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in Budapest last year. Orban transformed Hungary into a quasi-autocracy, while Netanyahu has not achieved the same in Israel, the writer says. (photo credit: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)
Concerns mount that Israel’s new legislation could reshape democracy in a Hungary-like direction.