But he has also done positive things, for which he won few plaudits.
This option might win Israel some plaudits internationally, but it risks allowing Hamas to claim that its resistance and steadfastness has triumphed.
As the dust starts to settle, which banks deserve the most plaudits?
There were rightly a lot of plaudits for Arsenal, especially for the run in the Champions League and Dennis Bergkamp got a fitting thank you and goodbye.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd earned plaudits for his fluency in Mandarin.
That’s certainly how my previous continental crossing ended 18 years ago; I was 39, a young man eager to feel a conqueror of the country and to accept the plaudits of friends and colleagues.
Indeed, it is not just hedge funds that are starting to win plaudits from socially minded investors.
He also wins plaudits for his country's low crime rate and for keeping its parliamentarians more or less on the straight and narrow, especially in terms of wealth.
