In 2024 global leaders including Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron publicly questioned the leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Their criticisms came after the Gaza War reached a stalemate in March 2024 as Israel was planning an invasion of the Gaza City of Rafah. Western leaders insisted that all civilians should be evacuated from the city prior to an invasion. Netanyahu responded by saying that Israel is "not a banana republic" and doesn't listen to the other countries when security is on the line. Western leaders fear that if the Rafah invasion happens without an evacuation a further massacre of Palestinian citizens will take place. Israel political observers note that Netanyahu is incentivized to prolong the war since he will likely be voted out of office at its conclusion.
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
No
@9LQLG9D3mos3MO
Support for Israel does not have to equate to support for Netanyahu, a man who has objectively failed to contain Hamas and subjectively secured his position of leadership through fear mongering and aggression. At the end of the day, he will be remembered poorly i
@ISIDEWITH4mos4MO
Yes
@9LQLG9D3mos3MO
Every time the US has propped up any kind of authoritarian leader it has not ended well. If we are supporting israel the country, we cannot continue to support a leader that is acting out of self preservation and not support for his country. Especially when we tried everything that Netanyahu has done (after 9/11)
Killing terrorists does not solve terrorism. it creates martyrs and maintains the power structures that led to the terrorism in the first place.
@9LFLRK2Independent4mos4MO
US Government should support Israel in protecting itself, but should hold Israel military to rules of engagement under international treaties guiding war.
@9LDTTKQRepublican4mos4MO
Yes and no. I believe that since Hamas started, Israel has the right to defend themselves. However, it's been too much murder from Israel's part. An agreement will only be done when the two leaders decide to meet up and solve problems. The U.S. should focus first on its citizen and then try to help others.
@9R5B8KL7 days7D
No. Israel should be made to return the land they stole to the Palestinians and pay reparations for the genocide and occupation.
@9R52T4K1wk1W
This subject requires much more study than I am willing to give. I would like to believe that our country has the people that have done this studying and I should accept their decision.
No, as Netanyahu's policies throughout his career have exacerbated tensions between Israel and Palestine
@9MKRXXH 6 days6D
The government should support policies and leaders that promote peace, justice, and stability in the region, regardless of specific individuals.
@tmcgee023mos3MO
This is an internal decision hat should be made by the Israeli citizenry an would be seen as the US involving itself in foreign elections. It is an assault of foreign sovereignty.
@9MC5LGW3mos3MO
The government should continue to support the elected government of Israel, not Benjamin Netanyahu and his politics in particular.
@9M9Q8CPLibertarian3mos3MO
They do not have to be as involved as they are at the moment but they should not denounce them are show support for the other side away from providing third party humanitarian aid.
@9M3KVCG3mos3MO
Whether you like Benjamin Netanyahu or not, we must continue to support Israel. Israel has a good government overall. We should not interfere with their politics. ... or any for that matter: unless it is in our best interests.
@9M2843X3mos3MO
Our government should respect leaders of other countries but remain neutral towards all. Defend American interests without supporting one country over another.
@9LZRGNR3mos3MO
End all funding to israel
@Dry550Independent 3mos3MO
Not enough information has been made public to make an informed decision
I’m not willing to take a side on this foreign policy issue, as I tend to focus more on domestic policy, although investing in health and security of other nations looks good on us, we still can’t ignore our own problems with corrupt politicians.
@9LLWL3RLibertarian 3mos3MO
Yes, and No.
Israel has every right to defend itself with fury. But we should sanction them for committing war crimes.
@9LHYVMG4mos4MO
No, the government should prohibit ALL funding to Israel and condemn them for the current genocide/holocaust they are placing upon the Palestinian people.
@9LGL8BR4mos4MO
We should broadly support Netanyahu’s coalition government in Jerusalem however if Benjamin Netanyahu puts Israel through a 20 something year long war then we must consider other options
@9LG9MF6Women’s Equality4mos4MO
The government shouldn't support any form of war and think about the future of its people. We should stay out of war and not have opinions of what other countries do nd keep to ourselves.
@9LG8GC24mos4MO
Yes, but be assertive when the government's actions become too extreme, eg: denial of any 2-state solution.
@9LG4VKH4mos4MO
Yes and no Our government should find a peaceful solution to end the hatred on both sides. If violence is necessary, we should only support civilians on each side
@9LG4D934mos4MO
We need to press Israel for peace efforts. The Israeli in the Palestinian people need to find peace. We need to work towards a two-step solution. In our government, a major.
The government should continue to support Israeli's right to defend itself against Hamas and other terrorist groups that seek to destroy it.
@9LFT39H4mos4MO
I believe that the government should not fund Israel or palestine both are corrupted sates that only exist because of external funding.
@9LFCLS5Republican4mos4MO
I think we should be mindful that we are only supporting it we don't have full control of what he does.
@9LF6MVQ4mos4MO
Absolutely not, and revoke funding for Israel. America needs to stop the funding of another nations universal healthcare, when we don't even have our own. Especially to stop funding an apartheid state.
@9LF5H8SIndependent4mos4MO
Yes, in terms of continuing our alliance, but staying out of their own conflict with other countries
@9LF5DS94mos4MO
I believe his recent decision making has been somewhat reckless and more than inconsiderate towards the citizens he leads.
@9LF2XF44mos4MO
No, but we need the resources and maritime access at basically cost instead of being able to provide a fair profit to Palestine. We are in a corner both economically, trade-wise and global-relations-wise. In order to successfully work ourselves out of this corner, extreme measures are necessary. Since we can not control what other countries do we can only gaurantee our benefiting from our relationship with Isreal and their control over Palestenian resources like gas and maritime acces. so there is no easy answer for this, realistically.
@9LDY5H84mos4MO
NO! The Government is funding the genocide of billions of people all across the Middle East, they are using the attack from the Hamas as an excuse to ethnically cleanse anyone they can, they are attacking Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and possibly many many more!
They have been torturing Palestine for years ever since it was established in 1948. Isreal is starving children, killing anyone who talks about it while also killing the people who are older than the state itself. Israel and it's leader is a war criminal and should be charged for it's crimes.
@igeryuIndependent 4mos4MO
No, unless we can know for sure that our aid contributes to only lawful combatant targets being harmed
@9QSM92D3wks3W
No, the United States needs to denouce the Israeli infront of the UN as they are what is primarily blockling actual justice agaisnt the genocide being commited by the Israeli Government and it's IOF.
@9NDJ2YQ2mos2MO
Yea but we need to proceed with caution in order to remain in power and in control, begin to defuse the situation any way possible!
@9LG7G924mos4MO
the Israeli government have been attacking Palestinian people not hamas. the attacks have been aimed directly toward civilians, which is a war-crime, and countries and people who commit war-crimes should be dealt with.
@9LFJ8844mos4MO
They should continue to support the people of Israel, as they want to make things right. Netanyahu is a yahoo, and deserves ZERO respect for the coward he's been.
@9LFH66J4mos4MO
I don't have enough information about the topic or each leaders (israel and palestine) views and history to make and educated point.
@9LDHG25Republican4mos4MO
It is not my country that he is leading, so why is it my business if it does not pose a threat to my country?
@9PF4L871mo1MO
They should support them in the right to defend themselves, but not financially or with military aid.
@9NRS3K92mos2MO
We can respect his leadership for the Israeli people, but we can not support it until the allegations of genocide are proven to be true.
@9N8WFH52mos2MO
Honestly, the whole middle eastern conflict has just gotten so ridiculous I don't really side with anyone on the matter.
@9MZZKSG2mos2MO
No but the US can’t be seen as picking their leader. We should express our discontent and leave it for the Israeli people to decide.
@9MW7PSW2mos2MO
He should be recognized as any other leader would be, but his decisions should be condemned and questioned freely when necessary
@9CLR7CL 4mos4MO
No, Netanyahu's leadership has led to more problems with Israel, not fewer. Furthermore, the US Government should support Israel in protecting itself, but should hold Israel military to rules of engagement under international treaties guiding war.
@9LFPQ8T4mos4MO
no, our continued support for the leader of israel's government has led to the death of thousands of people due to us funding the government. We should be protecting the people in Gaza rather than funding their deaths.
@9LFGWG54mos4MO
Genuinely do not care about Israeli gov we need to focus on ourselves before we focus on anyone else.
@9NXN4FH2mos2MO
Only if he completes his war goals cleanly and without collateral against the innocents. Netanyahu should also be pressured to uphold international law and prosecute those in the Israeli military who commit war crimes, since he is responsible for him.
@9G84WRFRepublican 3mos3MO
The United States should continue to support Israel and respect its sovereignty in selecting its own leaders.
@9RKKTGD1 day1D
Yes, as he is a democratically elected official but don't necessarily support his actions (accept his right to rule, disapprove of actions)
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