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Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the most contentious figures of modern history. Facing a corruption trial that began in May 2020 and is still ongoing as of February 2024, he is accused of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases involving media moguls and wealthy associates. The prosecution claims that Netanyahu exchanged regulatory favors for favorable press coverage and received lavish gifts. Taking a page out of Donald Trump’s playbook, a man who has 91 felony counts against him, he denies any wrongdoing and calls the trial a political witch-hunt.
The animosity against Netanyahu, who is widely seen as the most radical of the hardliners who wish not only to retaliate against a terrorist attack but also to punish Palestinians possibly just for existing, has grown exponentially—even among Jews and Israelis. He vows that as long as he has anything to say, there will never be a Palestinian state.
Erlanger goes on to call the Prime Minister “historically unpopular,” and that he is held responsible for the intelligence failure that led to the October 7 attack. Indeed, the suspicion is frequently expressed in
comment boards that, “It smells to high heaven that the October 7th attack was a surprise to one of the world’s premier intelligence services.”
Until Netanyahu is replaced, there is little hope that the relentless bombing of Gaza will end until the entire territory is razed to the ground. In the meantime, anti-Israel sentiment grows, as does sympathy for the Palestinian people who are being ruthlessly squeezed into ever smaller spaces and deprived of humanitarian aid.