Netanyahu, the Failed 'Guardian of Israel's Security,' Must Resign Today - Opinion - Haaretz.com
By: Sami Peretz (Haaretz. com)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already prepared for a future state commission of inquiry to investigate the terrible failures that led to the October 7 disaster. He has had time to shift the responsibility to the heads of Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet security service, to collect materials from closed sessions and is now trying to divert the discussion from the events of Black Saturday to the 2005 Gaza disengagement plan and the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Such a comparison is dubious because, as Netanyahu himself has stated, the disaster that happened on his watch in a single day is comparable to that of several years' worth of terrorist attacks.
What is he saying? That he is more capable or more effective than Yitzhak Rabin in creating security risks? And what do we conclude from the comparison? That if there had not been an Oslo agreement, there would have been no terror attacks? There were attacks before Oslo and even before the establishment of the state. The assumption that without Oslo everything here would have been quiet is fundamentally wrong.
The Oslo Accords was a courageous attempt to bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that failed, but no one can say what would have happened had there been no agreement. Rabin paid with his life for his brave action.
October 7 has resulted in many hostages being held by Hamas; has damaged national security and the sense of personal security among residents of Israel's northern and southern borders as well as of Jews and Israelis abroad; has left behind destruction; has diminished Israel's global image; and has damaged the economy.
His rhetoric implies an assumption that diplomacy brought us the terrorist attacks. The truth is that the October 7 attack proved that the absence of diplomacy leads to even greater disaster. If Netanyahu clings to Oslo to show that when leaders make mistakes they can bring disasters, the conclusion is clear: He should resign immediately.
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They are protesting in Israel tonight, but someone who would not budge to hundreds of thousands protesting his judicial "reforms" will not budge in this even more serious threat to his ministry.
I don’t think that Bibi has been a good leader for Israel but when he steps down is an Israeli issue, not a US one.
I believe the writer of the article is an Israeli.
I believe that is correct.
It is fast becoming a US one after the last two days.
Haaretz is calling for Bibi to stop down!! Next thing you know the Media Matters will attack Trump.
I guess they think Netanyahu should negotiate with terrorists now.
idiots.
Think of the most anti-American medium that is allowed to operate in America and that is what I compare Ha'aretz to when it comes to Israel. Bibi SHOULD resign for more than one reason, but not until Hamas is totally defeated. The whole world is blaming Israel for the carnage, but nobody is blaming Hamas for bringing the destruction upon their own people. It was reported that Hamas militants are starting to surrender, but nobody is calling upon Hamas to surrender in order to end the war and the destruction and the bloodletting even though their defeat is inevitable. The world just keeps calling for a ceasefire notwithstanding the fact that it has been proven over and over again that Hamas will not honour a ceasefire. How many times do Jews have to live with "never again" again and again?
Ongoing criticism directed at Netanyahu, but none ever against Hamas. Why is that?
At any rate, he is going nowhere anytime soon, so Hamas sympathizers need to get over it.