Saturday 16 March 2024

How much longer will Israelis support Netanyahu?

The war in Gaza is now all about Binyamin Netanyahu. What is he orepared to do to defeat Hamas and what is he prepared to do to survive as prime minister? The answer is, he is prepared to do whatever it takes to destroy every member of the Hamas organisation and he will fight to stay as Israeli leader because he believes only he is capable of saving Israel from its enemies. Senator Chuck Schumer, the US Senate majority leader, has said that it is time for an election in Israel so that someone else can lead the country. Netanyahu has to go, he says. He is probably right. There is no real hope of peace, let alone a permament solution for the Palestinian people, while Netanyahu is in charge. But this is a leader who will never give up. Even though he and his government failed to prevent Hamas from committing terrible atrocities against the Israeli people on October 7 and even though a lot of Israelis probably blame him personally for the historic failure, they continue to support the objective of destroying Hamas because they feel the safety and security of the nation depends upon it. So, Netanyahu will probaby survive as prime minister, at least until the Gaza war ends, which means that the expected assault on the town of Rafah where the Hamas leaders are supposed to be hiding, will go ahead soon. According to the US newspapers, he has already approved the battle plan to attack Rafah. The world awaits the consequences of that decision.

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