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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBibi Should Resign
As someone who supports a two state solution and dignity for Israelis and Palestinians I am just crestfallen. 10/7 definitely needed to be addressed and addressed forcefully, but his heavy hand created new enemies. And hitching his wagon to the malignant Chauncey Gardiner in the White House in the war against Iran only to see it go sideways and have Trump point the finger at him has all the stuff of tragedy- hubris, vanity, and incompetence. He should resign.
H2O Man
(79,479 posts)He should be taken out in handcuffs.
RockRaven
(20,074 posts)live love laugh
(16,561 posts)spanone
(142,256 posts)Johnny2X2X
(24,593 posts)Because he had to know how fickle Trump is and that there would never be any follow through if it was harming the economy.
Now this might be good for the US and bad for Israel, Trump might cut Israel off.
DemocratSinceBirth
(102,066 posts)Netanyahu had to know Trump is a mecurial and unprincipled guy who will throw anyone under the bus when they become unuseful to him.
sboatcar
(923 posts)I feel like they have the goods on him, and they were holding it over his head. Trump has the sword of damocles hanging over him by an incredibly tiny string, and they are ready to cut it if he's no longer a pliant partner. I don't think Trump would have done anything in Iran had they not slid some pictures across the table and told him it was in his best interest to fight this war for them.
hlthe2b
(115,202 posts)act or event--all the while the world is still taking in the devastation to Gaza that long ago overwhelmed a justified response after October 7, 2023. #ETTD as Rick Wilson astutely pointed out long ago.
I wish the people of Israel no ill will, but rather continued support. But they will have to rid themselves of this monster and his Likudist ilk. The world is watching.
dave99
(588 posts)If we are going to be an isolationist nation, there should be no exceptions.
Ponietz
(4,617 posts)Im very curious to see how the Haredi respond to being drafted. Their relationship to Israel is enigmatic, ironic, and evolving.
usonian
(27,187 posts)
relogic
(396 posts)kairos12
(13,836 posts)Peter Sellers as Prez in Dr. Strangelove. Sellers abound.
Bobstandard
(2,432 posts)His resignation would be announced once his escape was successful and some friendly country granted him entry.
FakeNoose
(43,050 posts)He'd have to wear a disguise, change his name, and flee to an African or South American country.
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DavidDvorkin
(20,772 posts)President Herzog supposedly offered him a deal: a pardon in return for resigning and agreeing to never seek office again. Netanyahu turned it down becaude he was riding high at the time. I wonder if he would turn it down now.
DemocratSinceBirth
(102,066 posts)He has done more to undermine Israel's security and harm Israel's image than all of his predecessors. And casting his lot with Trump and turning Israel into a political football is geopolitically catastrophic.
AloeVera
(4,667 posts)Which btw is an apt term. It was an image, not reality.
Now that more people have seen the reality, who cares about its image? It's the aggressor of the region, mass slaughtering brown people daily and torturing prisoners. What it did in and to Gaza is what it always was but with all restraints and checks gone. It will do the same to Lebanon and Iran if allowed again. I worry for those poor people. I don't worry about Israel's "image". Fuck that.
haele
(15,714 posts)That's why he's eagerly plunged his country into perpetual war.
LetMyPeopleVote
(184,002 posts)dlk
(13,452 posts)And hes the dog who caught the car with Trumps invasion of Iran.
electric_blue68
(27,938 posts)I support a 2 State solution as well.
Oct7 was heinous, but his war response was extreme!.
Previous to that; allowing West Bank settlers (a bunch arriving from the US, too) to run rougbshod over Palestinian homes, destroying olive trees etc. Just wrong !