The critics believe that the nation cannot wait until the war against Hamas is over. Many believe that the prime minister must resign now. Benjamin Netanyahu is criticized because the country was taken completely to bed when Hamas terrorists attacked on October 7. Many are also angry about the handling afterwards. What is provoking is that the Prime Minister pushed the defense and the security service ahead of him in a post on social media on the night of Sunday. Only nine hours later, the post was retracted and a pressed Netanyahu issued an apology. Olmert: – Netanyahu is done The most scathing criticism comes from Ehud Olmert, who was Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. Olmert says to India Today that it is Netanyahu’s arrogance that led to Hamas being able to carry out the terrorist attack on 7 October. – Netanyahu is history, he is finished, says Olmert to German Deutsche Welle. Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister from 2006 to 2009. Photo: POOL / Reuters Olmert says that the Palestinians must have the right to self-determination. – We do not want to invade. We do not want to occupy Gaza. What we want is to find the terrorists from Hamas who were behind the terrible attack, says Olmert. Ehud Barak was prime minister from 1999 to 2001. Before that he was a respected general. Barak was leader of the Israeli Labor Party until 2011. Barak: – Does not trust Netanyahu Barak agrees with politicians and the military who demand that Benjamin Netanyahu should step down. – Israel must find a way to replace him as head of the government. – When you are responsible for the biggest fade in the nation’s history, you cannot manage to regain trust from such a low level. Ehud Barak, Prime Minister from 1999-2001 and leader of the Labor Party until 2011. Photo: JACK GUEZ / AFP – I don’t think people trust that Netanyahu can lead the nation with the burden that rests on him after the violence that happened on his watch, says Barak to The Guardian. – The citizens do not trust the current leadership, says Barak. – What happened was ignorance and mistakes on several levels. It is absolutely certain that Israelis have lost faith in the defense and in the politicians, says the former prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu was embraced by Joe Biden when the US president visited Israel. Photo: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / Reuters Has built his career on security Benjamin Netanyahu has built his political career on the fact that, as a former elite soldier, he was the right man to give the country security and the citizens security. At the same time, in the last months before the war, he had become increasingly controversial in Israel, writes Reuters. After the election victory last autumn, he formed the most far-reaching government Israel has ever had. His coalition of ultra-nationalist and ultra-religious parties has tried to push through reform of the justice system that divided the country and led to large demonstrations. Tens of thousands demonstrated in the streets against the reform and the military warned the prime minister that the division was a danger for Israel. Will wait until after the war Netanyahu himself has hardly commented on the demands for his resignation. In a speech on October 25, he said that he knows his responsibility must be assessed, but believes that it should not happen until after the war is over. – As Prime Minister, I am responsible for securing our country’s future. Now my role is to lead Israel to a crushing victory over our enemies, he said, according to the Jerusalem Post. One of those supporting the prime minister is Danny Danon. He is a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party and a former UN ambassador. To Reuters, he says that the outcome of the ongoing war will determine Netanyahu’s future. – I am not afraid of opinion polls. I am concerned that we must deliver results and I believe that Netanyahu and the government must deliver, says Danon. General: – Think he is above God Criticism of Netanyahu also comes from high-ranking military personnel. General Dan Halutz has a long service record in the Israeli Air Force. Dan Halutz, former general and chief of staff. Photo: HRVOJE POLAN / AFP He and like-minded people expected Netanyahu to take full responsibility after the debacle when 1,000 Hamas terrorists made their way deep into Israel on 7 October. – There are better people who can run the country. I think Netanyahu should give up now, says the retired general to The Guardian. – He thinks he is above God, he thinks he is Israel’s savior. But it is the opposite, he is Israel’s destroyer, says Dan Halutz. – There are different opinions, but I am sure that more than half of the people agree with me, he says. Israeli soldiers in Kibbutz Kissufim, one of the sites attacked on 7 October. Photo: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / Reuters Intelligence officer: – No role model The general is surprised that Netanyahu chooses to bomb Hamas instead of trying to negotiate to get the hostages released. – One minute after the attacks started in Gaza, Netanyahu thought about his own future instead of thinking about the people, believes the former general. – Anyone in Israel understands that getting the hostages released should be the first priority, says Dan Halutz. In Jerusalem, people visit the place where all the hostages abducted by Hamas are represented with lights and pictures. Photo: Mahmoud Illean / AP 80 percent: Netanyahu’s fault Penina Sella shares many people’s views on the prime minister. The Jerusalem Post writes that a poll shows that as many as 94 percent of Israelis believe that the government is to blame for the security crisis that led to the country being attacked by Hamas terrorists on 7 October. Vox.com writes that a survey shows that 80 percent believe that it is Netanyahu personally to blame for Hamas’s attack not being stopped.
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