Netanyahu Is Losing the War at Home

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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/10/in-the-israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-is-losing-at-home.html

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The screech of an air-raid siren punctured the silence at the Tel Aviv–area grave site of Yinon Shay, a 21-year-old soldier killed while fighting Hamas during its bloody invasion. After pausing to allow the interruption, his brother Ophir was unsparing:

“The bunch of imbeciles leading the country we live in, the country where my beloved little brother was killed protecting the homeland that forgot us — not because it was inevitable but because this disgraceful government is involved in everything it should not be involved in. My beloved brother was murdered by hate-filled terrorists, but those who disgracefully opened the door for them are the Israeli government, from the minister of national security and his messianic friends — clowns who busy themselves creating violent, idiotic slogans — to the prime minister, who is doing everything in his power to disintegrate the State of Israel.”

Shay was referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, a racist provocateur elevated to high office with several other extremists to cobble together a government after the last election. That government is facing a growing chorus of criticism from all corners of Israeli society since Hamas’s surprise attack with the military caught off guard and taking hours to reach towns where terrorists massacred over 1,200 people.

“You,” Shay continued, “betrayed the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces. You betrayed the residents of the Gaza border. You betrayed the State of Israel. You betrayed my beloved brother. I expect all of you to take responsibility and resign immediately at the war’s end.”

Another siren interrupted before he finished.

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[Lucinda]

1. ...

[leftstreet]

2. DURec

[Mossfern]

3. +100

It's way past time that he was gone.
Likud will be the destruction of Israel.

I have very strong feelings about the settlements and the people who built them.
Very strong feelings.

There's a Yiddish word : shanda

[Maru Kitteh]

8. Gee, I've worked w/a couple women named shanda. I hope their parents

didn't know what it meant.

[Xolodno]

12. срам

In another language, when I heard a grandmother utter that word...oh not good.

[Arazi]

4. K&R

[Happy Hoosier]

5. Here's hoping.

Israel needs a genuine shift in perspective and leadership Nutandyahoo has to go.

[PortTack]

6. If Israelis have the ability to impeach him, they should!

[DavidDvorkin]

7. In a parliamentary system, it's a vote of no confidence

That's extremely unlikely to happen until the fighting's over. But when that time comes, he's toast.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. I am looking forward to BibiGoneDay

[riversedge]

10. With all the criminal allegations Netanyahu is accused of-I was shocked that he was re-elected!!

[NotVeryImportant]

11. Good!

[AntiFascist]

13. Excellent post, K&R! n/t

[dalton99a]

14. No worries. Netanyahu will make Israel great again. He alone can fix it.

The asshole belongs in prison