(The Age, SMH, 3/9/2024)
Lies, Lies and More Lies lead to Genocide and Murder – Netanyahu!!!!! – Mark
Benjamin Netanyahu’s fear of losing his grip on power helps explain why the Israeli prime minister has failed to broker a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, according to one of Israel’s most prominent global defenders during the war in Gaza.
Eylon Levy, who shot to prominence as an official Israeli government spokesman early in the war, urged the Albanese government to put more pressure on Hamas’s key international backers to force the listed terrorist group to set the hostages free, accusing Australia of losing the initial “moral clarity” it showed after Hamas’ shock October 7 attacks.
The polarising spokesman, who eventually proved too combative for the Netanyahu government, said he was “very critical” of the Israeli government’s communications strategy during the war, accusing it of giving up on trying to convey its message to the world.
A nationwide strike led by Israel’s largest union to pressure Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire deal began on Monday, as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets after news that Hamas had killed six hostages in Gaza.
Levy said during a visit to Australia that the execution of the hostages had “struck a terrible nerve with Israeli society because people are at their wits’ end and they want to get the hostages out”.
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