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‘Failure follows failure’: Israeli opposition ramps up pressure on Netanyahu
Yair Lapid, leader of the opposition and former prime minister, has criticised the government’s handling of the Gaza conflict saying it led Israel from a “just war” to a “political disaster”.
In a post on X, Lapid called out Israel’s leadership saying “failure follows failure”. “A prime minister who has disappeared from the political scene, a useless foreign minister, and ministers who endanger soldiers every time they open their mouths.”
Lapid’s comments come as pressure continues to mount on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with growing frustration over his leadership during the ongoing war on Gaza.
Israel’s Lapid: Government pushing idea of annexation over ending Gaza war
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has criticised what he says is the “extremist” government’s attempt to annex northern Gaza instead of ending the war.
“What does this mean? It means that our money will be used to educate the children in Gaza, to build hospitals in Gaza, our money will fix the roads in Gaza, our money will provide water and electricity to Gaza,” Lapid wrote on X in Hebrew.
There’s an alternative to the plan that includes “ending the war, returning the hostages, withdrawing from Gaza, transferring it to Egyptian management, and achieving a real victory over Hamas”.
Lapid’s comments come after the Israeli news outlet Haaretz reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to propose annexing parts of Gaza in an attempt to convince far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich not to quit his coalition government.
Err, you destroyed it all, the bill belongs to Israel... But not through annexation, genocide reparations. It might take a long time, but eventually Israel will pay. Reparations for the Armenian genocide of 1915 are still in progress... (Even though the Ottoman Empire no longer exists)
Germany is still paying for the Holocaust as well:
In 2024, Holocaust survivors worldwide will continue to receive financial compensation from Germany through the Claims Conference, totaling over $1.4 billion. This includes direct payments and funding for social services like home care. The payments are part of a long-standing agreement between Germany and the Claims Conference, which has been distributing compensation to survivors since the 1950s
And what about the West bank...
Israeli settlers set fire to farmland northwest of Nablus
Israeli settlers have set fire to agricultural land in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
Citing local sources, the Wafa news agency reported that settlers from the illegal Homesh colony, with the backing of Israeli troops, set fire to land near Palestinian homes. So far, no injuries have been reported.
