Time magazine's Person of The Year shortlist includes Netanyahu among other candidates

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Elon Musk

Described by the magazine as an "innovative disruptor", Mr Musk became the richest person in the world in 2024 and his growing connection with Mr Trump has set him up for a substantial influence on the next US administration.

He was previously named Person Of The Year in 2021.

Yulia Navalnaya

Economist and activist Yulia Navalnaya has been in the spotlight this year following the death of her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

She has spoken out against Vladimir Putin and accused him of killing Mr Navalny.

17 November 2024, Berlin: Yulia Navalnaya, Russian human rights activist, takes part in the demonstration against Putin and the war under the slogan "No to Putin! No to war! Freedom for political prisoners!" in Berlin-Mitte. Photo by: Fabian Sommer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Image

Benjamin Netanyahu

One of the most controversial figures in world politics, the Israeli prime minister has never been far from the headlines as Israel continues its war in Gaza.

In November, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Mr Netanyahu.The incoming US president, who was named Time's Person Of The Year in 2016, completed perhaps the most remarkable political comeback ever when he won the 2024 election.

He will be the oldest president in US history and also the first convicted felon ever to be elected to America's highest office.

Mark Zuckerberg

Mr Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook/Meta, has been under the spotlight in 2024 as his company faced government scrutiny over the impact of social media on young people.

Donald Trump

The incoming US president, who was named Time's Person Of The Year in 2016, completed perhaps the most remarkable political comeback ever when he won the 2024 election.

He will be the oldest president in US history and also the first convicted felon ever to be elected to America's highest office.

 
What a sick world’ — Benjamin Netanyahu shortlisted for Time’s Person of the Year

After being responsible for the killings of 44,758 Palestinians, attacking healthcare facilities in Gaza 492 times, and invading three sovereign states, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been included in the shortlist as Time’s Person of the Year — a decision that has raised some eyebrows.

According to the publication, it “has named a person, group, or concept that had the biggest impact — for good or for ill — on the world over the previous 12 months” as its Person of the Year.

In the past, Time has bestowed the recognition upon Adolf Hitler (1938), pop icon Taylor Swift (2023), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the “spirit of Ukraine” (2022), tech billionaire Elon Musk (2021), and former US president Barack Obama (2008, 2012).

Needless to say, the honour simply recognises the individual who had the greatest impact and is not based on whether the influence was positive or negative. However, there is something odd about nominating an individual with arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC), an individual responsible for what Amnesty International has called a genocide in Gaza.

Palestinian journalist and writer Hamza Yousuf highlighted that Netanyahu was “the man who said he will turn Gaza into rubble and did precisely that. What a sick world.”

 
Well, people like Hitler have made it to the cover of this magazine in the past.

The West will continue their hegemony until people like you (and I) keep looking up to their opinions as a barometer of sorts.

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Well, people like Hitler have made it to the cover of this magazine in the past.

The West will continue their hegemony until people like you (and I) keep looking up to their opinions as a barometer of sorts.

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Pawns of imperialism only a few of them are upright
 
No muslims in this list.

Surely one of these 2 fellas deserve a mention. They are equally "peaceful".

The one on the right actually has a channel called peaceTV.

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If netanyahu is person of the year nominee then Usama bin laden should also get noble prize for peace.
 
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