Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “psychologically destroyed by his gross failure in the field of national security.”
In an interview with Politico, Olmert said that Netanyahu was in a state of “nervous breakdown, as he sought to avoid being ousted from office for failing to protect national security after Hamas attacks.”
He warned, saying: “The priority must be to negotiate the end-game with the international community, including returning to talks on forming a Palestinian state, rather than turning back the clock towards full military supervision of Gaza.”
Olmert added, describing Netanyahu: “Throughout his life, he falsely considered himself the master of security. He is the master of nonsense.”
He continued: “Every minute Netanyahu spends as prime minister, he poses a danger to Israel. I mean that seriously. I’m sure the Americans understand that he is in bad shape.”
He said: “It is not in Israel’s interest to supervise Gaza’s security. It is in our interest to be able to defend ourselves in a different way than we did before the October 7 attack. But to control Gaza again? No.”
Olmert also warned that the patience of Israel’s Western allies was beginning to run out due to the failure of Netanyahu and his ministers to draw up a realistic plan to govern Gaza in the post-Hamas era.
An opinion poll conducted in mid-October showed that Israelis believe that the failure to prevent a Hamas attack revealed a “disaster in leadership,” with two-thirds of them wanting the country’s next prime minister to be someone other than Netanyahu.
In another poll, 44 percent of participants said that Netanyahu is responsible for what happened on October 7.
Only 18 percent of Israelis believe he should not leave office.
76 percent want him to leave office sooner or later.
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2023-11-08 11:13:53
