Netanyahu ordered the IDF, Shin Bet, and the Israel Police to carry out intense operational and intelligence activity in the Palestinian villages in the area of the disappearance.
At no time could I have imagined a leader who would let down his people as unashamedly and for such a prolonged period as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done these past few years.
In considering the potential future scenarios between the US and Israel regarding actions in Rafah and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are at least two scenarios.
Netanyahu and his government, the Likud loudmouths, and the far-Right instigators in his government, all owe the US an apology.
Half a century on, Benjamin Netanyahu faces the same combination of public wrath and political dead end that Meir faced when Passover 1974 approached.
The White House tried to walk this back, saying – as it did after the failure to veto the UN resolution – that there is no change in policy. Nevertheless, these moves and others create the perception
The Broad Perspective: If you continue down this path, you will cause irreversible damage to the US-Israel relationship, one that we desperately need.
On opposite sides of the political spectrum, both Religious Zionism and the Labor Party have slipped beneath the minimum threshold to enter the Knesset.
The group is made up of rabbis, evangelical pastors, former Israeli and US ambassadors, as well as members of Knesset.
Despite tensions, as of Thursday night, there had been no special instructions given out by the Home Front Command, but that Israelis would be immediately notified of any steps taken.
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