Father of captive labels Netanyahu speech ‘third-rate act of political theatre’
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, the father of Israeli captive Sagui Dekel-Chen, has labelled Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at US Congress a “third-rate act of political theatre” intended only to “strengthen him among his coalition partners in Israel”.
According to Israeli journalist and commentator Nadav Eyal, Dekel-Chen said the “speech did nothing to improve Israel’s national security or its standing in world opinion”.
“It did nothing to heal the damage Bibi has caused for years with the Democratic Party. It did nothing to bring the return of our hostages closer. It was painful and embarrassing to watch as an Israeli,” he said.
Here's what Prof. Yonatan Dekel Chen, the father of Sagi, a hostage held by Hamas, told me after Netanyahu's speech: "Bibi's speech was, as I feared, a third-rate act of political theater meant only to strengthen him among his coalition partners in Israel. The speech did nothing…
— נדב איל Nadav Eyal (@Nadav_Eyal) July 25, 2024
