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.
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
No
@9LQLG9D4wks4W
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
@ISIDEWITH1mo1MO
Yes
@9LQLG9D4wks4W
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.
@9LFLRK2Independent1mo1MO
US Government should support Israel in protecting itself, but should hold Israel military to rules of engagement under international treaties guiding war.
@9LDTTKQRepublican1mo1MO
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.
@tmcgee022wks2W
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.
@9MC5LGW2wks2W
The government should continue to support the elected government of Israel, not Benjamin Netanyahu and his politics in particular.
@9M9Q8CPLibertarian2wks2W
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.
@9M2843X3wks3W
Our government should respect leaders of other countries but remain neutral towards all. Defend American interests without supporting one country over another.
@9LZRGNR3wks3W
End all funding to israel
@Dry550Independent 3wks3W
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.
The government should continue to support Israeli's right to defend itself against Hamas and other terrorist groups that seek to destroy it.
@9LFT39H1mo1MO
I believe that the government should not fund Israel or palestine both are corrupted sates that only exist because of external funding.
@9CLR7CL 1mo1MO
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.
@9LFPQ8T1mo1MO
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.
@9LFJ8841mo1MO
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.
@9LFH66J1mo1MO
I don't have enough information about the topic or each leaders (israel and palestine) views and history to make and educated point.
@9LFGWG51mo1MO
Genuinely do not care about Israeli gov we need to focus on ourselves before we focus on anyone else.
@9LFCLS5Republican1mo1MO
I think we should be mindful that we are only supporting it we don't have full control of what he does.
@9M3KVCG3wks3W
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.
@9LLWL3RLibertarian 4wks4W
Yes, and No.
Israel has every right to defend itself with fury. But we should sanction them for committing war crimes.
@9LHYVMG1mo1MO
No, the government should prohibit ALL funding to Israel and condemn them for the current genocide/holocaust they are placing upon the Palestinian people.
@9LGL8BR1mo1MO
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 Equality1mo1MO
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.
@9LG8GC21mo1MO
Yes, but be assertive when the government's actions become too extreme, eg: denial of any 2-state solution.
@9LG4VKH1mo1MO
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
@9LG4D931mo1MO
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.
@9LF6MVQ1mo1MO
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.
@9LF5H8SIndependent1mo1MO
Yes, in terms of continuing our alliance, but staying out of their own conflict with other countries
@9LF5DS91mo1MO
I believe his recent decision making has been somewhat reckless and more than inconsiderate towards the citizens he leads.
@9LF2XF41mo1MO
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.
@9LDY5H81mo1MO
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 1mo1MO
No, unless we can know for sure that our aid contributes to only lawful combatant targets being harmed
@9LG7G921mo1MO
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.
@9LDHG25Republican1mo1MO
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?
@9G84WRFRepublican 4wks4W
The United States should continue to support Israel and respect its sovereignty in selecting its own leaders.
@9LZNMDX 3wks3W
No, it should not. But at the same time, the population of the USA needs to be educated on the realities that Israel faces, not the terrorist propaganda and antisemitic tropes that are currently most of what Americans see.
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