Benjamin Netanyahu should not be Prime Minister of Israel. It is a stain on Israel’s political system that after the massacre of 7 October, the man whose entire selling point to voters was that he alone could keep Israel secure has been able to remain in power through a deal with extremist Israeli politicians.
But none of that changes the fact that Netanyahu’s response to this week’s appalling statement by the leaders of France, Canada and the UK was entirely correct.
To recap: earlier this week: Emmanuel Macron, Mark Carney and Keir Starmer issued a demand to Israel: do what we say or face ‘concrete actions…we will not hesitate to take further action, including targeted sanctions.’ Halt the ‘egregious’ expansion of military operations in Gaza, they ordered, or be treated as the villain of the piece.
No wonder Hamas then thanked them, because (as I wrote here earlier this week) the three supposed allies of Israel were doing Hamas’s bidding.
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