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.
@9G84WRFRepublican 4 days4D
The United States should continue to support Israel and respect its sovereignty in selecting its own leaders.
@9LLWL3RLibertarian 7 days7D
Yes, and No.
Israel has every right to defend itself with fury. But we should sanction them for committing war crimes.
@9LHYVMG2wks2W
No, the government should prohibit ALL funding to Israel and condemn them for the current genocide/holocaust they are placing upon the Palestinian people.
@9LGL8BR3wks3W
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 Equality3wks3W
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.
@9LG8GC23wks3W
Yes, but be assertive when the government's actions become too extreme, eg: denial of any 2-state solution.
@9LG7G923wks3W
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.
@9LG4VKH3wks3W
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
@9LG4D933wks3W
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.
@9LFT39H3wks3W
I believe that the government should not fund Israel or palestine both are corrupted sates that only exist because of external funding.
@9CLR7CL 3wks3W
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.
@9LFPQ8T3wks3W
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.
@9LFLRK2Independent3wks3W
US Government should support Israel in protecting itself, but should hold Israel military to rules of engagement under international treaties guiding war.
@9LFJ8843wks3W
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.
@9LFH66J3wks3W
I don't have enough information about the topic or each leaders (israel and palestine) views and history to make and educated point.
@9LFGWG53wks3W
Genuinely do not care about Israeli gov we need to focus on ourselves before we focus on anyone else.
@9LFCLS5Republican3wks3W
I think we should be mindful that we are only supporting it we don't have full control of what he does.
@9LF6MVQ3wks3W
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.
@9LF5H8SIndependent3wks3W
Yes, in terms of continuing our alliance, but staying out of their own conflict with other countries
@9LF5DS93wks3W
I believe his recent decision making has been somewhat reckless and more than inconsiderate towards the citizens he leads.
@9LF2XF43wks3W
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.
@9LDY5H83wks3W
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.
@9LDTTKQRepublican3wks3W
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.
@igeryuIndependent 3wks3W
No, unless we can know for sure that our aid contributes to only lawful combatant targets being harmed
@9LDHG25Republican3wks3W
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?
@ISIDEWITH3wks3W
No
@9LQLG9D7 days7D
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
@ISIDEWITH3wks3W
Yes
@9LQLG9D7 days7D
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)
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