In his more than three decades in politics, Benjamin Netanyahu has accrued almost as many nicknames as he has election wins.
There’s “The Magician” for his uncanny ability to grab victory from the jaws of defeat. “King Bibi” for staying atop Israeli politics longer than anyone else. And, universally, though not necessarily affectionately: plain old “Bibi”. But there is another one he revelled in, and which now appears in tatters: “Mr Security.” How did it all go so wrong?
It remains unclear as to how more than 1,000 Hamas militants managed to take Israel by such devastatingly deadly surprise, murdering – as President Isaac Herzog wrote – more Jews in one day than at any time since the Holocaust.
Gosh, it’d be wonderful to see an end to the Netanyahu governments. I was really hoping the corruption scandals would do him in but I’d love to see a more level-headed person in charge.
I hope Israel kicks this clown out of office.
He is responsible for hundreds of people getting killed.
This take seems really counterintuitive to me, but I’m no expert in Israeli politics I guess. Seems like you could use 9/11 as an analog though. In that case, the people bent over backwards to make sure that the bush administration had all the support they could ever want. Huge wins for the GOP in the 02 elections, fairly straight path to reelection in 04. It was fully five years later in 06 when voters finally started to sour on Bush and the Neoconservative project.
Do things really work that differently in Israel or is this article pandering click bait bullshit?
You don’t have to be an expert in Israeli politics, the article lays it out for you
Israeli history has taught us that each and every surprise and crisis led to the collapse of the government. That was the case in 1973 [after the Yom Kippur War] with Golda Meir, in 1982 with Menachem Begin in the first Lebanon war, and in 2006, with Ehud Olmert, in the second Lebanon War.
Seems like 9/11 is not a good analogue because Israelis are less tolerant of government security failures than Americans are.
fuck this clown. he is responsible for promoting hamas.
All his bombing of gaza is seen by the world, he’s guaranteeing with his actions now that more, similar tragedies will occur to Israel in the future.
Let’s hope so - that way at least a good thing can come out of this horrible situation
