In the wake of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments Friday about the possibility of using cryptocurrency to bypass economic sanctions, one thing is clear: someone is engaging in fearmongering just a few days before the election.
The question is who is trying to frighten whom.
Is it Netanyahu trying to frighten the public? At least that was the instant interpretation of some pundits after he discussed the matter Friday in an interview with economic journalist Roy Katz on the Channel 10 economic station.
But the full context matters.
Katz asked whether Netanyahu was worried about the day after US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu answered, “Tell me, you’re not worried?”
