Bringing up Bibi: Netanyahu testifies
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The Economist
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🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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For five years the prospect of a criminal prosecution has loomed over Binyamin Netanyahu. Today he becomes the first Israeli prime minister to testify as a defendant. A shocking fraction of master’s degrees confer no financial benefit—and may even leave degree-holders worse off (10:43). And our staff share their picks for the best books of 2024 (16:58).
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| 1:28.9 | Have you got a master's degree or are you considering one? |
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