Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
Netanyahu snaps back against growing US criticism after being accused of losing his way on Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sharply protesting against growing criticism from top ally the United States over his leadership amid the war with Hamas.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed Sunday against growing criticism from top ally the United States against his leadership amid the devastating war with Hamas, describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”
In recent days, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in the country and a strong Israel supporter, called on Israel to hold a new election, saying Netanyahu had “lost his way.” President Joe Biden expressed support for Schumer’s “good speech,” and earlier accused Netanyahu of hurting Israel because of the huge civilian death toll in Gaza.
Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new U.S. election after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, and denounced Schumer’s comments as inappropriate.
“We’re not a banana republic,” he said. “The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections, and who they’ll elect, and it’s not something that will be foisted on us.”
I still remember Netanyahu bitching about Obama in front of the US Congress. He'll call anyone on their bullshit but doesn't like it when he's called on his.
79Would be great if Biden returned the favor
9Best we can do is a bear hug.
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And he was best buddies with Trump
But for some reason people that claim to be pro Palestine very often seem to be anti biden...
-13It's not a zero sum game - you can simultaneously be against both Trump and Biden regarding their Israel policy.
That said, I do agree that a lot of people don't realize that Trump is even more hawkish in his support for Israel than Biden is, and actively contributed to the rising tensions between Israel and Hamas during his administration. So when it comes to Israel, as surprising as it might be to some, Biden is in fact the lesser of two evils there.
39Maybe because Biden is the current president whose administration is giving weapons to Israel and is a Zionist himself?
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describing calls for a new election as “wholly inappropriate.”
You know what's wholly inappropriate? Genocide.
65Palestinians are just Arab. Nobody's trying to wipe out all the Arabs. ffs people, learn English and do your own research
-27ok they're trying to kill every arab in their country and steal their homes.
I suppose it's more of an ethnic cleansing? is that better?
11"I mean they are only letting the Irish starve while selling potatoes to the rest of the world. Nobody is trying to wipe out all Westerners here."
7Palestine is a distinct people and culture, attempting to destroy a national group is genocide.
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which hamas is soley responsible for
-56Say it if it makes you feel better, but it doesn't make it true👎
22Nah.
Maybe learn what a genocide is first before commenting.
18Oh look... a kapo.
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“We’re not a banana republic,”
If that is the case then they should refuse US foreign aid.
52That was surprising to read. What a racist statement.
-26I simply quoted what he stated. If it wasn't for US financial aid Israel probably couldn't exist as a country so they are not going to stop accepting aid. Hamas couldn't have reasonably expected to win, so they must have had a different goal, most likely to turn the world against Israel and Netanyahu has pretty much stomped right through that door and has no issue pushing forward. If that was their goal they appear to be succeeding.
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“We’re not a banana republic,” he said. “The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections, and who they’ll elect, and it’s not something that will be foisted on us.”
The US people then should choose who they will fund and back
45The fact that both sides casually talk about their governments like their systems and influences are interconnected shows how they are not exactly run by a democratic process but by who funds who when, where, how and why.
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Bibi, you are a total asshole. You have destroyed any possible goodwill you might’ve gained for Israel. I now have nothing but bad feelings for ANY Zionist sentiment. Before I had some sympathy. Not any longer. You are the Hitler of the Jews.
43Before I had some sympathy.
NO JUDGEMENT but I am very curious about why. Although this incident is pretty egregious, it's not unique to the history of the country.
4Zionism, expressed in the most favorable way, is the belief that Jewish people deserve their own state where they need not fear oppression.
Thus Biden telling a Jewish American group that he is a Zionist.
The problem started when it turned out all the land everywhere already had people living on it, so to make that state and make it democratic, well, turns out a bunch of Holocaust survivors and their descendants don't actually mind forced displacement that much when it's not them. Not to mention that while being Jewish is half tribal identity and half religion, a Jewish state can not help but ultimately turn into a theocracy, otherwise it'd just be a secular state like most everyone else.
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The people of Israel will choose when they will have elections
Well, that is not really how it works, is it? They either have elections after 4 years OR they can be called early (and often are) by the President or a majority of parliament member. They had elections in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Furthermore the US doesn't have such a system, so it is silly to draw a comparison.
34Yeah, but the banana republic comment isn’t about when elections can be held. He’s basically saying that the US can’t tell Israel when to have elections, that’s for Israelis to decide.
6I just meant that it isn't a vote to call for elections, so it felt like he was implying some democratic system in place. Plus external pressure can be leveraged to effect in their system.
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Netanyahu told Fox News that Israel never would have called for a new U.S. election after the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, and denounced Schumer’s comments as inappropriate.
Does anyone other than fascists think anything about the response to 9/11 was good?
34I remember seeing people getting swept up in the transient sense of belonging and power that came with all the xenophobia and nationalism that followed. There are probably many who pine for that feeling, and fail to recognize its part in our undoing.
11I hated the whole damn reaction from the beginning, and young me became quickly jaded about the world watching the brainwash in America happen so fast. Our governments, especially the American government, don't seem to operate in the best interests of their people. In America, we don't care about our own, why would we ever care about others?
5I hated the whole damn reaction from the beginning, and young me became quickly jaded about the world watching the brainwash in America happen so fast. Our governments, especially the American government, don't seem to operate in the best interests of their people. In America, we don't care about our own, why would we ever care about others?
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Who cares what Netanyahu thinks about whether Netanyahu should be removed from power? "Netanyahu opposes being removed from power" isn't exactly a revelation. Tell me what other key Israeli politicians and the Israeli public think.
26Fuck him and fuck Israel.
25Schumer (re: Israel) "losing their way" Biden (re: huge civilian death toll in Gaza) "hurting Israel"
You weak, pathetic sons of b*tches. Your government is contributing militarily and financially to a genocidal ethno state and THIS is the best you can come up with? This is what your "criticism" looks like when someone's got you by the balls.
24The alternative is for them to become a Democratic version of Trump. There's a reason why politicians are careful with their words under most circumstances.
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It is kind of a weird move though. Seen that elections in Israel tooday wouldn't move the needle (at least not in the right direction) wrt their stance on Gaza or any two state solution, it's a message meant for anywhere but Israel.
Its just meant to signal they strongly dissaprove but with impotence and a personal attack that just makes them lose even more of the sway they actually have in the Israeli government
17Bibi, welcome to the other side of US foreign policy!
16Oh, you've become a liability during election season.
How unfortunate...
For you.
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Israeli Trump has got to go. If you don't place value on human life, you have no business running a hot dog stand, much less an entire country.
14"losing his way"
that's . . . that's quite a rhetorical triple axel there, Chuck
14Sure Butcher Ben has "lost his way"... he slaughtered so many Palestinians that white western liberalism started being inconvenienced by all the bad press.
9Yeah, it feels as if he finally found his way. Or gathered the courage to live it. He's a monster and his supporters are as guilty.
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I'm a little confused by the calls for a re-election. Netanyahu was just re-elected a few years ago, and they're in the middle of a war and he's a constant.
Won't he likely be reelected?
This is a pretty good rundown of why you shouldn't count netanyahu out of re-election:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/29/netanyahu-is-a-failure-and-israels-next-winner/
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3Thirteen years, i think? I'm not sure, but it's been a long time
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monster
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he WHAT-7