Hours before a vote to oust him, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu accused President Joe Biden of endangering Israel’s security by taking a soft line on Iran.
He also compared Biden’s Iran policy to the refusal of the U.S. to bomb the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.
Netanyahu said that the Biden administration had asked him to keep their disagreements on Iran private, Axios reported, but that he refused to do so, valuing his hard line on Iran over smooth relations with the United States. The prime minister depicted himself as the only man standing between Iran and an arsenal of nuclear weapons, and claimed Iranians were celebrating his departure.
And in his last speech as prime minister, Netanyahu also warned the man about to replace him, one-time protege Naftali Bennett, head of a small ultra-nationalist party, would be too weak to stand up to Washington, Axios reported.
“He decided to damage the U.S.-Israel relationship for his own personal interests and is trying to leave scorched earth for the incoming government,” an unnamed senior Israeli diplomat told Axios.
According to the Times of Israel, after his ouster, Netanyahu openly questioned the qualifications of the man he once mentored.
“He doesn’t have the global standing. He doesn’t have the credibility. He doesn’t have the ability and he doesn’t” have the support of his own divided government, Netanyahu said, the news outlet reported.
Bennett, who will lead the most ideologically diverse coalition in Israeli history, spoke before Netanyahu —though he was heckled by Netanyahu allies as a “liar” and “fraud” — taking a hard line on the Iran deal in his speech, saying it was a mistake in 2015 and remains so today. Yet he thanked Biden for his support for Israel and stressing he wants good relations with both parties in Washington, Axios reported.
Then when Netanyahu rose to speak, he accused Bennett of being weak and untrustworthy and said he’d refuse to stand up to Biden on Iran, positioning himself as the only man standing between Iran and an arsenal of nuclear weapons —and claiming Iranians were celebrating his departure, Axios reported.
Netanyahu also said he’d rejected U.S. demands to freeze settlement construction and opposed Biden’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem, claiming Bennett lacked the stature or credibility to take similar stands.
Netanyahu then vowed to bring the “dangerous” government down, and “much sooner than you think.”
“If it is destined for us to be in the opposition, we will do it with our backs straight until we topple this dangerous government and return to lead the country in our way,” he said. Read more at Newsmax.
{Matzav.com}
Netanyahu then vowed to bring the “dangerous” government down, and “much sooner than you think.” Cannot come soon enough:- Please topple this bennet Korach the 2nd immediately.
He only has 7 seats, you Bibi have 30 seats.
Little Trumpian wannabee. Bibi is misgara beumos. He turned American support for Israel into a partisan issue. We will not forget how Bibi treated Chareidim when he was finance minister under Sharon and how he gave Lapid free reign to do whatever he wanted when it suited his needs. Bibi is gone. Hooray for that.
“He also compared Biden’s Iran policy to the refusal of the U.S. to bomb the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.”
That’s rather hypocritical coming from the Zionists, who lobbied governments against allowing Jews into their countries in WW II because the Zionists needed them as human fodder in Palestine instead. The Zionists knew full well that the alternative was the same gas chambers that this recent Zionist leader is condemning the USA for not bombing.
In other words, if the Zionists hadn’t made it impossible for Jews to escape Europe then there might have been no need to bomb those gas chambers.
As well, the Zionists held “Rak biDam tihye lanu haAretz” so the Zionists wouldn’t have wanted the gas chambers bombed, as that would deny the Zionists the human sacrifices they wanted to use to found their shmad State.