26m video interview. Blurb:
“Netanyahu is history, he’s done,” Ehud Olmert told DW. He called the current Israeli leaders “violent, messianic thugs” and said that long term, Palestinians must be able to “exercise their right to self-determination.” The center-right politician and former prime minister added that there was no alternative to the two-state solution with the Palestinians. On the issue of the scores of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas, Olmert said there was “no basis for negotiation” with Hamas — since, in his view, the Islamist militant group was not interested in negotiations. Olmert also told host Tim Sebastian that he thought there was little likelihood of direct military action against Iran, even though Tehran had “coordinated” the attacks and that a derailment of a US-sponsored diplomatic and security accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia would serve Iran’s interests.
Not sure whether this counts as “news” in the strict sense but I think it does in the loose sense also I wouldn’t know where else to post it.
I’ve heard this crap before.
Edit: I’m sorry, was I too real? This shitbag has been kicked out of government, then dropped right back in once the opportunity was presented. Then proceeded to hijack the rest of the government.
Him being corrupt and a sleazebag (is there a Likud politician who isn’t both?) is one thing, dismissing what he said as crap without any elaboration another. Also, unlike Netanyahu Olmert actually served the prison time he deserved.
That wasn’t a dismissal. That was an expression of disgust.
We need much more nuance on the internet than the weak and overly general punctuation marks of English allow.
You won’t get rid of Hamas, or organizations like it, until you get rid of Netanyahu and people like him. Their control and influence is what drives recruitment for terrorist groups.
And you won’t get rid of Netanyahu until you get rid of Hamas and groups like them.
The reason the conflict hasn’t been resolved after decades isn’t a lack of hot takes, it’s because it’s stalemates the whole way down.
Except there’s more the Israeli populace can do to get rid of Netanyahu than the Palestinians can do to get rid of Hamas. There’s at least a framework of democracy for the former.
I don’t disagree that they feed off each other… but the apathy or hostility of the Israeli populace is a major factor in their government.