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In comments seemingly aimed at US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he will not allow Israel to “repeat the mistakes of Oslo,” referring to the Oslo Accords in the 1990s widely seen in Israel as a failure.
After Biden said last night that he largely disagrees with Netanyahu although he supports Israel and its war against Hamas, the prime minister admits that there are disagreements over the vision for a post-war Gaza.
“I deeply appreciate the American support for destroying Hamas and bringing back our hostages,” Netanyahu says in a Hebrew video statement. “After intensive dialogue with President Biden and his people, we received full support for the ground operation and for curbing international pressure to end the war.”
“Yes, there is a disagreement when it comes to ‘the day after Hamas,’ and I hope we will come to an agreement here too,” Netanyahu adds. “I want to clarify my position: I will not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of Oslo.”
“It can’t be that after the enormous sacrifice of our citizens and fighters, we will let into Gaza those who teach terror, support terror, finance terror,” the prime minister adds, an apparent reference to the idea of the Palestinian Authority ruling Gaza. “Gaza will not be Hamas-stan nor Fatah-stan.”
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This is why Israel needs Netanyahu and a right wing government at this time. While the US and Israel are very close allies, their interests are not always the same, and too often left-wing Israeli government have allowed US presidents to push Israel into dangerous positions that align with US interests but not with Israel's interests. The Oslo fiasco is the most glaring, of course, but two Israeli leaders have had the courage to stand up to American dictates and have been the subjects of intense left wing attacks from both the US and Israeli left, ever since.
In 2002, when Israel launched Defensive Shield to quell the second intifada, President Bush in a press conference in the Rose Garden demanded Sharon withdraw Israeli troops form Palestinian areas, Sharon replied, not until the job is done, and an astonished Bush administration had no idea how to respond, and when and when Obama demanded Israel turn over all of Judea and Samaria and Gaza to an enfeebled PA while ignoring the security threat from Hamas, Netanyahu responded with a firm, no, and when Obama sought to weaken the US position in the ME by radically changing US Iran policy to conform to Iran's demands, only Netanyahu had the courage to stand up to him, and now Netanyahu will not allow America's political interests to override Israel's security concerns by allowing a corrupt, inept and enfeebled PA to be given control over Gaza.
The Israeli people will have the opportunity to judge Netanyahu's leadership in the next election, but for now, there is no better man or woman to lead Israel than Netanyahu.
In comments seemingly aimed at US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he will not allow Israel to “repeat the mistakes of Oslo,” referring to the Oslo Accords in the 1990s widely seen in Israel as a failure.
After Biden said last night that he largely disagrees with Netanyahu although he supports Israel and its war against Hamas, the prime minister admits that there are disagreements over the vision for a post-war Gaza.
“I deeply appreciate the American support for destroying Hamas and bringing back our hostages,” Netanyahu says in a Hebrew video statement. “After intensive dialogue with President Biden and his people, we received full support for the ground operation and for curbing international pressure to end the war.”
“Yes, there is a disagreement when it comes to ‘the day after Hamas,’ and I hope we will come to an agreement here too,” Netanyahu adds. “I want to clarify my position: I will not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of Oslo.”
“It can’t be that after the enormous sacrifice of our citizens and fighters, we will let into Gaza those who teach terror, support terror, finance terror,” the prime minister adds, an apparent reference to the idea of the Palestinian Authority ruling Gaza. “Gaza will not be Hamas-stan nor Fatah-stan.”

Netanyahu notes there are disagreements with US over ‘the day after Hamas’
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This is why Israel needs Netanyahu and a right wing government at this time. While the US and Israel are very close allies, their interests are not always the same, and too often left-wing Israeli government have allowed US presidents to push Israel into dangerous positions that align with US interests but not with Israel's interests. The Oslo fiasco is the most glaring, of course, but two Israeli leaders have had the courage to stand up to American dictates and have been the subjects of intense left wing attacks from both the US and Israeli left, ever since.
In 2002, when Israel launched Defensive Shield to quell the second intifada, President Bush in a press conference in the Rose Garden demanded Sharon withdraw Israeli troops form Palestinian areas, Sharon replied, not until the job is done, and an astonished Bush administration had no idea how to respond, and when and when Obama demanded Israel turn over all of Judea and Samaria and Gaza to an enfeebled PA while ignoring the security threat from Hamas, Netanyahu responded with a firm, no, and when Obama sought to weaken the US position in the ME by radically changing US Iran policy to conform to Iran's demands, only Netanyahu had the courage to stand up to him, and now Netanyahu will not allow America's political interests to override Israel's security concerns by allowing a corrupt, inept and enfeebled PA to be given control over Gaza.
The Israeli people will have the opportunity to judge Netanyahu's leadership in the next election, but for now, there is no better man or woman to lead Israel than Netanyahu.