Amid the Shooting, Netanyahuâs Foes See an Opening, and Risks
Israeli politicians often close ranks in a crisis, but this time the prime ministerâs enemies, trying to form a government and oust him, are blaming the violence on him.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touring the city of Lod early on Wednesday.Credit.Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
JERUSALEM â When the guns are talking, Israelâs domestic political strife typically goes silent.
When the country is on the brink of war, the opposition usually rallies around the government.
Not this time.
As the conflict with Gaza wrought more death and destruction on Wednesday â and as an intense surge of Arab-Jewish sectarian violence rocked towns within Israel â a chief opponent of Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the prime minister for the spiraling sense of chaos and said he was working to oust him.
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Published date: 11 December 2020 14:32 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago
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