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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, currently facing accusations of trying to concentrate power in the executive branch, has blasted "left-leaning" administrators in a TikTok video warning of the dangers of the "deep state".

The concept of a "deep state" became mainstream during US President Donald Trump's first term from 2017-2021.

Trump used the term to accuse officials of working in secret to stall the work of the president and the will of the people who elected him.

In a one-minute video published on his personal account, Netanyahu said: "They want the government and me to be like plants" meaning to sit and do nothing, "but we won't let them".

Netanyahu also posted the video on X late on Wednesday, before deleting it.