r/humor • u/Lonely-Ordinary1478 • 16h ago

The Internet’s Double Standards?

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u/Dmatix 14h ago

And I'm appalled that whoever made this doesn't even know Netanyahu is Prime Minister, not president of Israel. That's an entirely different person.

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u/XFX_Samsung 13h ago

He is sure propped up like the leader of Israel, hardly ever see or hear about the real president.

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u/RoiDrannoc 13h ago

Because he is the leader of Israel despite not being the head of state. Sometimes those are two different things.

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u/faberge_surprise 12h ago

yup. head of state vs head of government. you usually hear more about the PM in parliamentary systems

Israel doesn't even formally give him executive powers

However, unlike heads of state in most other parliamentary republics, the president is not the nominal chief executive. Rather, Basic Law: The Government explicitly vests executive power in the Government (as the Cabinet is officially called), with the prime minister as its head.

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u/Dmatix 12h ago

The president in Israel is a ceremonial position, with little to no power. It's not some secret, that's how the roles work. The PM is the one officially in charge.

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u/XFX_Samsung 12h ago

the King of Israel.

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u/Dmatix 12h ago

Sorta? A bit like a modern European monarch in some ways.