The divisive prime minister has conspicuously avoided shouldering blame for miscalculations that led to October 7 assault.
| Israel’s military and security chiefs have queued up to take a share of the blame in the two weeks since Hamas militants from GazaThe head of military intelligence for the Israel Defence Forces said he bore “full responsibility”, the boss of Shin Bet admitted his security agency “failed to give warning” of the assault and the IDF chief of staff said the military “did not achieve” its responsibility to prevent the slaughter.
“Netanyahu’s totally shameless,” said Anshel Pfeffer, author of a biography of the Israeli leader. “He’s fully aware this is the biggest tragedy in Israel’s history and his own political career. But in his mind apologising is the first step towards resigning, and he doesn’t intend to resign.”AP “There’s not a single person in Israel who has more of a weight of responsibility to ensure this never happens again, and that starts with taking out Hamas,” said George Birnbaum, a former chief of staff to Netanyahu. “I don’t think it’s good for Israel to be talking about accountability, apologies, explanations but the time will come for that.”Most analysts expect Netanyahu will look to pin the blame on his security chiefs.
Avi Halfoun, who has often voted for Netanyahu’s Likud party, said he no longer believed the prime minister or trusted him to keep Israel safe. “I don’t believe — not from Hamas, not from Iran, not from nothing,” said the 62-year-old.daily showed that 80 per cent of Israelis think Netanyahu should publicly take responsibility, including more than two-thirds of Likud voters.
Public criticism of Netanyahu and his coalition has recently expanded beyond his traditional critics on the left and centre of the political map — not only due to the events of October 7 but also what many Israelis see as the near absence of governmental support in the weeks since.
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