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For most of these Netanyahu critics and rivals, the argument didn’t discredit Israel’s cause, whose justice was obvious to them.

Human-right groups accuse the government of hiring provocateurs—known locally as goons—to infiltrate protests and discredit demonstrators to justify the violent reaction.

They were adopted in reaction to a history of dangerous and discredited practices, including treatments that induced nausea and vomiting or administered electric shocks.

Felt, in classic Hoover fashion, then leaked information to discredit Gray, hoping to replace him.

Police standards say officers' behaviour must not "discredit the police service or undermine public confidence, whether on or off duty".