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SvennoJ on 30 May 2024
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Netanyahu’s party responds to call for early elections in Israel

The Likud party, headed by the Israeli prime minister, has denounced a bill tabled by Israeli minister Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party earlier, which called for the dissolution of parliament and early elections.

“In the midst of a war, Israel needs unity and not division,” Likud said. “The dissolution of the unity government is a reward for [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar, a capitulation to international pressure and a fatal blow to efforts to free our hostages.”

Unity government? He says that with a straight face? (like a good habitual liar)

‘Benny Gantz can declare whatever he wants – it’s quite meaningless’

Gideon Levy, a columnist at Israel’s Haaretz newspaper, says those excited by the push from Gantz’s party for new elections should temper their expectations that Netanyahu is soon on his way out.

He noted Netanyahu’s coalition would still have 64 seats out of 120 if Gantz pulls out over the handling of the war on Gaza.

“I suggest not to get too excited and those who want to see Netanyahu stepping down should wait before opening the champagne bottles because this government without Benny Gantz still has a solid majority,” Levy told Al Jazeera. “Benny Gantz can declare whatever he wants – it’s quite meaningless.”

Levy said he’s not surprised by the cohesion of the coalition because “their careers will be over once the war is over, and they know it.”

“Therefore, we’re doomed to continue with this bloody war. A majority of Israelis support the continuation of the war. A very tiny minority is disturbed by the horrible scenes in Gaza.”

Poll: 68 percent of Israelis ‘extremely or very concerned’ about long war on Gaza

A Pew Research Center survey shows a majority of Israelis believe Israel’s war on Gaza is either “about right” or “hasn’t gone far enough”.

The poll was conducted in March and early April before the Israeli military offensive in the southern city of Rafah and renewed operations in Gaza’s north. The survey shows roughly two-thirds of Israelis expressed confidence at the time that Israel will either “probably” (27 percent) or “definitely” (40 percent) achieve its goals against Hamas.

However, majorities of Israeli adults were worried about some aspects of the conflict: 61 percent said they were “extremely or very concerned” about fighting spreading in the region, and 68 percent said they were “extremely or very concerned” about the war going on for a long time.

Forty percent of Israelis said Israel should govern the Gaza Strip, while 12 percent said the Palestinian Authority should. Fourteen percent thought the people of Gaza should decide that.

At the time, only 26 percent of Israelis said Israel and an independent Palestinian state could coexist peacefully. That’s down from 35 percent last year before the war.

Keep turning everything upside down Netanyahu

Gaza war can bring ‘victory against barbarism’: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is telling French audiences that “our victory is your victory”.

He said during an interview on French television channel TF1 that a victory in the war that has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians so far would be a win against “anti-Semitism”.



Dehumanization of Palestinians in full view. Your genocidal war and treatment of Palestinians is barbarism.