Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has built his political career over the past decades around hostility toward Iran, and has made blocking the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran a centerpiece of his foreign policy. He’s spent years warning the deal would be a threat to Israel’s existence.
So when the deal was signed, it put him in a tough place, and as he harps on about the calamity of it all, opposition figures are warning Netanyahu is facing international isolation, and that he has flat out failed in his protracted effort to kill the deal.
Some Israeli analysts see Netanyahu trying to spin the failure of it all as some sort of lionizing moment in his career, the lone PM standing against the world and against diplomacy, and see a possibility that Netanyahu may come out of all of this with more support than he went into it with.
The far-right government in Israel has the narrowest of narrow majorities, 61 seats out of 120. As Netanyahu continues to frame the Iran deal as a grave threat to Israel’s survival, some believe there is a chance it might bring a few more MPs on board, trying to get credit for standing with Israel at a time when the government’s anti-diplomacy stance has made it something of a pariah. Much like Israeli governments get a lot stronger when a war starts, the Iran deal might serve to strengthen Netanyahu’s rule, at least in the near-term.
Self explanatory and no need to comment about this write. nothin-ya-who's internal motives are unknown! I really don't care and don't want to know what this psychopath's motives are!!
They don't like Netanyahu. They know he's vulnerable. They are not stupid and neither are Israeli voters.
The US government still ought to make it a point to undermine Netanyahu at home on this one. He made a personal enemy of the President of the United States, and demonized the entire Democratic Party. That was stupid. He made a serious problem which is coming back at Israel, not just at him.
It should be made clear to Israeli elites that NO, he will not be forgiven. He will pay a price, as high as we can make it, and Israel will suffer for it with him until they get rid of him. Make sure they all know that.
Netanyahu has this coming. All those not with him already know that about him, and don't like him either for many of the same reasons.
Israeli voters voted in this terrorist BIBI
Not exactly. They didn't vote HIM in. His coalition has a majority of 1 in Parliament.
In his coalition, his party is a minority. He has assembled a lot of others to vote with him who didn't like him then, and like him even less now. Each has reasons that usually come down to he lied to them about something important to them. That comes of promising anything to anybody to get that one extra vote.
He is vulnerable precisely because a distinct minority of Israelis voted for HIM, barely a quarter.
Now some voted for parties even more nuts. I don't say this to imply the Israeli political spectrum is reasonable. They are just not stupid, at least not stupid enough to give Netanyahu a majority who believe his BS. About three quarters saw right through him in the last election, and he has made a fool of himself since.
Obama could take him out. Obama should take him out.
You can not remove israel from the hook!
Israel is not a nation it is a terrorist organization.
I'm not TRYING to "remove Israel from the hook."
I'm trying to get Netanyahu.
I'm saying there is a very specific way our leaders can take him out, and they should do it. He's vulnerable. We should not let him survive this.
I can't see why taking down Netanyahu would offend you. The man is, well, I can't say all those things, but we can take him down. We should. It can only help to be rid of him, no matter that the rest of them are no beauties either.
This Idiot Netanyahu is damaging any chance of a future for israel maybe letting him remain may be more advantageous for our cause of the Abolishment of Israel the terror organization…
This terror organization must be packed up.
So you are saying I'm right, and that is the problem. We instead should leave Natanyahu in place to do his damage to Israel.
Okay, I had not thought of it that way.
What I did consider is that he is doing harm to the US. He isn't just dragging down Israel. He is dragging down us.
You might consider that the worst things about Netanyahu's policies are mainsteam in Israel. Anybody else would damage Israel by doing the same things.
Anybody else would not have this running start on damaging the US. More important, taking down Netanyahu would teach a lesson to whoever comes next about such blatant attacks on the US.
This isn't to save Israel from itself. Taking out Netanyahu wouldn't do that, given everybody else there. It might well limit damage to the US.
This person is not a President he is a Terrorist leader
Israel is not a Nation it is a Organization
Israel = sophisticated terrorist organization
like before he is in need of another 9/11
israel did 9/11
This person is not a President he is a Terrorist leader
Time to pack up israel…..