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DemocratSinceBirth

(102,066 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:20 PM Jun 18

Bibi 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.

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Bibi Should Resign (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jun 18 OP
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 18 #1
He should be in prison, which is why he will never resign. RockRaven Jun 18 #2
Exactly. TomSlick Jun 18 #7
Like Trump who won't go willingly. live love laugh Jun 18 #10
K&R spanone Jun 18 #3
Really, convincing Trump to attack Iran was a huge mistake Johnny2X2X Jun 18 #4
Vance is already starting the MAGA heel turn. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 18 #5
Be ready for some document dumps happening suddenly about Trump sboatcar Jun 18 #6
Hitching Israel's fates to Trump has harmed their long-term security more than just about any other hlthe2b Jun 18 #8
ALL U.S. support should be terminated NOW. Let them sink or swim on their own, as every other country dave99 Jun 18 #13
Agreed. The Madcap Jun 18 #16
Yahoo played the wise guy and it boomeranged Ponietz Jun 19 #29
Let's make that a trio. usonian Jun 18 #9
What a movie relogic Jun 18 #11
Malignant Chauncey Gardiner. LOL. kairos12 Jun 18 #12
He would have to flee Bobstandard Jun 18 #14
Where would he go? I doubt we'd want him here, and he wouldn't be safe anyway FakeNoose Jun 18 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Bobstandard Jun 18 #15
Being in office is all that keeps him out of jail DavidDvorkin Jun 18 #17
He's such a putz. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 18 #19
Eff Israel's image. AloeVera Jun 19 #28
He resigns, he and his family of grifters are heading to jail soon after. haele Jun 18 #20
Bibi needs to go LetMyPeopleVote Jun 18 #21
He is a zealot and psychopath who will never resign dlk Jun 18 #22
For me ever since he was in a photo with the RW crowd against Rabin.... electric_blue68 Jun 18 #23
I thought he can't resign... as he'll then be prosecuted for past crimes ? Pluvious Jun 19 #24
Maybe he'll act like Denethor II, holding onto the throne as long as possible sakabatou Jun 19 #25
He should have resigned when he and his crooked son were indicted for fraud in the early 2000s. Not once, but twice. marble falls Jun 19 #26
bibi should stop wasting oxygen, just like the other two. niyad Jun 19 #27

Johnny2X2X

(24,593 posts)
4. Really, convincing Trump to attack Iran was a huge mistake
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:23 PM
Jun 18

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)
5. Vance is already starting the MAGA heel turn.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:27 PM
Jun 18

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)
6. Be ready for some document dumps happening suddenly about Trump
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:28 PM
Jun 18

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)
8. Hitching Israel's fates to Trump has harmed their long-term security more than just about any other
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:39 PM
Jun 18

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)
13. ALL U.S. support should be terminated NOW. Let them sink or swim on their own, as every other country
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:18 PM
Jun 18

Ponietz

(4,617 posts)
29. Yahoo played the wise guy and it boomeranged
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 12:57 PM
Jun 19

I’m very curious to see how the Haredi respond to being drafted. Their relationship to Israel is enigmatic, ironic, and evolving.

relogic

(396 posts)
11. What a movie
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 02:38 PM
Jun 18
“Being There” if “Chauncey” would have been as malignant. I doubt it would have remained my favorite. I’m playing with the idea of scripting a sequel-“The Sad Fall of Chauncey Gardener CIC, what brain worms did to a complex mind” A few suggestions to play this most once playful character-Stephen Miller, Steven Bannon, RFK (most certainly), JD Vance, and so many other depreciated minds to offer.

Bobstandard

(2,432 posts)
14. He would have to flee
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:39 PM
Jun 18

His resignation would be announced once his escape was successful and some friendly country granted him entry.

FakeNoose

(43,050 posts)
18. Where would he go? I doubt we'd want him here, and he wouldn't be safe anyway
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:19 PM
Jun 18

He'd have to wear a disguise, change his name, and flee to an African or South American country.

Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

DavidDvorkin

(20,772 posts)
17. Being in office is all that keeps him out of jail
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:48 PM
Jun 18

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)
19. He's such a putz.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 05:24 PM
Jun 18

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)
28. Eff Israel's image.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 12:45 PM
Jun 19

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)
20. He resigns, he and his family of grifters are heading to jail soon after.
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 05:26 PM
Jun 18

That's why he's eagerly plunged his country into perpetual war.

dlk

(13,452 posts)
22. He is a zealot and psychopath who will never resign
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 06:56 PM
Jun 18

And he’s the dog who caught the car with Trump’s invasion of Iran.

electric_blue68

(27,938 posts)
23. For me ever since he was in a photo with the RW crowd against Rabin....
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:06 PM
Jun 18

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 !

marble falls

(73,544 posts)
26. He should have resigned when he and his crooked son were indicted for fraud in the early 2000s. Not once, but twice.
Fri Jun 19, 2026, 12:38 PM
Jun 19
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