Six days before Israel’s March 23 elections, someone placed a statue of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square. The statue was of a naked, squatting prime minister hiding behind a wall.
This protest display bears a resemblance to the Gollum figure from the iconic "The Lord of the Rings" films and books. Gollum was a monstrous character, split into two different personages. But the Netanyahu figure also hints at another classic situation: “The Emperor has no clothes.”
