The majority of Israelis believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime decision-making is primarily motivated by his own personal interest, according to a survey conducted by Israel’s Channel 13.
The survey found that 53% of respondents believed Netanyahu was acting for himself, and only 33% said he was acting for the good of the country.
The Channel 13 survey found that if elections were held in Israel today, former Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s National Unity party would win more seats in the Knesset than any other party, with Netanyahu’s Likud party coming in second. Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet, would then be tasked to form a government, and Netanyahu would be ousted as prime minister.
Other polling has shown the majority of Israelis want Netanyahu to resign once the brutal Israeli campaign in Gaza is over, giving him the incentive to continue the assault and provoke a wider regional war that could bring in the US. Israel has been conducting major airstrikes in Lebanon and Syria, including a recent attack that killed five members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Damascus.
US officials recently told The Washington Post that they fear Netanyahu might view a full-blown war in Lebanon as key to his political survival. US officials have said they’re putting pressure on Netanyahu not to provoke a major regional war, but the escalations have continued, and the US still continues to provide Israel with unconditional military aid.
Sound promising. Smarter citizens than the average U.S citizen.
Except Gantz isn’t a great choice either.
Gantz’s MKs Frustrated With His Capitulations to Netanyahu and His Far-right Allies
Several party lawmakers say other parties in the governing coalition had repeatedly used their cabinet majority to violate the agreement with National Unity. ‘We’re constantly losing the battles we choose,’ one said
Seems today, in both the USA and Israel, every “leader”gets worse and worse. Something very big and cosmic is coming down, and won’t be good for humanity.
Truly.
They are beginning to recognize what little concern their rabid leader has for his own citizenry.
I’d feel better if they wanted Netanyahu gone because they were sickened by his genocidal response to Oct. 7th. And I haven’t heard anything from Gantz that would tell me things would be all that different if he were PM. Would the Israelis then be ok with the ongoing genocide since Gantz wouldn’t be doing it to save his own ass? Surveys say a vast majority would.
No difference… All of them are genocidal…!
Agreed. It makes no difference which mass murder leads them.
EXODUS SONG LYRICS (1961)
This land is mine, God gave this land to me
This brave, this ancient land to me
And when the morning sun reveals her hills and plain
Then I see a land where children can run free
So take my hand and walk this land with me
And walk this lovely land with me
Though I am just a man when you are by my side
With the help of God I know I can be strong
So take my hand and walk this land with me
And walk this golden land with me
Though I am just a man when you are by my side
With the help of God I know I can be strong
The Biden administration has proved itself to be thoroughly corrupted by its desperation to hang onto power no matter how much suffering it causes. In this way, our administration is indistinguishable from the government of Netanyahu.
This morning I found this rotten gem:
Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
Revealed: review of internal state department documents shows special mechanisms have been used to shield Israel from US human rights laws
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/us-supply-weapons-israel-alleged-abuses-human-rights