Israeli PM criticises leaders after their call for halt to Gaza offensive and restrictions on humanitarian aid

Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney of “emboldening Hamas”, after they called for a halt to Israel’s military offensive and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid in Gaza.

Earlier this week, the leaders of the UK, France and Canada condemned the Israeli government’s “egregious” actions in Gaza, warning that the UK and allies would take “concrete actions” unless Netanyahu changed course.

In a post on X on Thursday evening, the Israeli prime minister said Hamas wanted to “destroy the Jewish state” and “annihilate the Jewish people”.

  • LiamClicks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So he took a break from war crimes and genocide to once again hide behind his antisemitism shield. That shtick is getting old. And to think for 50 yrs I was a supporter. No more.

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      2 days ago

      Good for you. It’s brave to change. I had to edit my views a lot too. I appreciate it when people normalize it. /s?

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Says the guy who let suitcases full of millions of dollars get “smuggled” to Hamas over and over…

    But reporting in the New York Times has revealed that Netanyahu’s government was more hands-on about helping Hamas: they helped a Qatari diplomat bring suitcases of cash into Gaza, indirectly boosting the militant organization, according to the report.

    The calculus — the Times reported on Sunday, citing Israeli officials, Netanyahu’s critics, and the man’s own reported statements — was to keep Hamas strong enough to counteract the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, allowing Netanyahu to avoid a two-state peace solution and keep both sides weak.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-security-forces-escorted-suitcases-cash-hamas-qatar-report-2023-12?op=1

    No one has done more to keep Hamas in power than Israel, because Hamas is their excuse to not treat Palestinians as humans.

    Bibi is just probably shitting himself after the people he let smuggle all those suitcase gave trump a 400 million dollar plane.

    Less support for Israel could very well have been one of the thing Qatar gets out of that deal

  • DarkDecay@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Ummm. It might be good if a war criminal is critical of you. It means you’re not a war criminal as well

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    3 days ago

    Eat shit you genocidal psychopath. You’ve emboldened Nazis all around the world.

  • biznachio@lemmy.world
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    Nah, man. He’s emboldening Hamas. In the long-run, after a generation of hate simmers because of Israel’s actions in Gaza, Israel will be right back where it started. He cannot wipe out an ideology. Hamas, maybe. But the threat won’t disappear. It’ll return.