{"id":4450,"date":"2023-10-23T02:51:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/business\/benjamin-netanyahu-wont-say-sorry\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T02:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T02:51:25","slug":"benjamin-netanyahu-wont-say-sorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/?p=4450","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Netanyahu won\u2019t say sorry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=32c75cfc-d94f-4fa1-a2ed-b91f8ba90296\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Israel\u2019s military and security chiefs have queued up to take a share of the blame in the two weeks since Hamas militants from Gaza killed more than 1,400 people.<\/p>\n<p>The head of military intelligence for the Israel Defense Forces said he bore \u201cfull responsibility\u201d, the boss of Shin Bet admitted his security agency \u201cfailed to give warning\u201d of the assault and the IDF chief of staff said the military \u201cdid not achieve\u201d its responsibility to prevent the slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Yet one senior Israeli leader has conspicuously avoided shouldering responsibility, much less apologise for it: Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister who has led the country for much of the past 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu\u2019s failure to say sorry for what many consider the worst calamity to befall the Jewish people since the Holocaust is baffling to outsiders, but less so to Israelis who have observed their long-serving leader up close for decades.<\/p>\n<p>After the initial shock in the days after the Hamas attack, Netanyahu has rediscovered his political footing: issuing fiery speeches and being pictured in flattering images with Israeli troops. He also \u2014 more than a week after they were abducted \u2014 met relatives of some of the 203 people taken captive to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Yet his actions have attracted controversy. The prime minister had to deny that friendly activists had been placed among the hostage families he met, and he was also caught on camera holding back the country\u2019s president so he could be pictured first with the visiting Joe Biden this week. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/f0d34c19-908e-4e44-8dc8-11e9393fe3f7.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Netanyahu embracing a person during a meeting with families of those held hostage by Hamas\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets families of those held captive by Hamas on October 15<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Kobi Gideon\/GPO\/dpa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNetanyahu\u2019s totally shameless,\u201d said Anshel Pfeffer, author of a biography of the Israeli leader. \u201cHe\u2019s fully aware this is the biggest tragedy in Israel\u2019s history and his own political career. But in his mind apologising is the first step towards resigning, and he doesn\u2019t intend to resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A second person familiar with the Israeli leader\u2019s thinking said: \u201cI think Netanyahu believes that if he says \u2018I\u2019m responsible\u2019, it will be translated as \u2018I\u2019m guilty\u2019.\u201d A spokesperson for Netanyahu did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Israelis sympathetic to Netanyahu \u2014 and even many who are not \u2014 say that ascribing blame for the biggest security lapse in Israel\u2019s history can wait until after the war, which his government says aims to \u201celiminate\u201d the threat posed by Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s 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,\u201d said George Birnbaum, a former chief of staff to Netanyahu. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s good for Israel to be talking about accountability, apologies, explanations 1698029485 but the time will come for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most analysts expect Netanyahu will look to pin the blame on his security chiefs. A person familiar with the thinking inside Israel\u2019s military said the expectation was that many senior officers would resign \u2014 but only when the conflict was over. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\"  width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 490px)\"  width=\"1526\" height=\"1526\"><\/source><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/infundpros.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/https:\/\/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net\/production\/9928af5e-b99c-4335-a603-5d6a4aa20bbc.jpg\" alt=\"Families of those who were kidnapped by Hamas hold signs and Israeli flags during a protest against the Netanyahu government\" data-image-type=\"image\" width=\"2290\" height=\"1526\"><\/picture><figcaption class=\"n-content-picture__caption\"><span>Families of those who were kidnapped by Hamas protest against the Netanyahu government in Tel Aviv on October 14<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Alexi J Rosenfeld\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Netanyahu promised in a Knesset speech this week to \u201cinvestigate everything thoroughly\u201d and apply \u201cimmediate lessons\u201d, while also insisting that the country\u2019s focus was on \u201cstorming forward to victory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Yet nearly half the country ascribed primary blame for October 7 to his government, according to a poll conducted last week by Agam Research. <\/p>\n<p>Avi Halfoun, who has often voted for Netanyahu\u2019s Likud party, said he no longer believed the prime minister or trusted him to keep Israel safe. \u201cI don\u2019t believe [that he can] \u2014 not from Hamas, not from Iran, not from nothing,\u201d said the 62-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Another poll in Israel\u2019s Maariv daily showed that 80 per cent of Israelis think Netanyahu should publicly take responsibility, including more than two-thirds of Likud voters.<\/p>\n<p>Benny Gantz, the former IDF chief last week drafted into Israel\u2019s war cabinet, has overtaken Netanyahu in terms of suitability as prime minister as his National Unity party has surged ahead of the cratering Likud in the polls. <\/p>\n<p>Some Israelis, however, believe it is too early to write off a politician nicknamed \u201cthe magician\u201d for his ability to outmanoeuvre opponents, not least ahead of what many expect will be a long and unpredictable war.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu was governing with a small majority since returning as prime minister in December at the helm of the most extremist government in Israel\u2019s history. His hard-right administration has outlined plans to expand Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and faced mass protests over its hugely contentious drive to overhaul the judicial system. He has also operated under the shadow of an ongoing corruption trial for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Public criticism of Netanyahu and his coalition has recently expanded beyond his traditional critics on the left and centre of the political map \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p>In one instance, his environment minister Idit Silman was chased away from a hospital by a doctor, who yelled: \u201cYou all have ruined this country, get out of here!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, Jewish Israeli society has banded together in shared anguish over the Hamas attack, and concerns about a war that may only escalate. \u201cThis isn\u2019t the time for politics,\u201d one senior opposition official said when queried about the Netanyahu government.<\/p>\n<p>But even in the midst of war, politics has gradually returned. Yet instead of the noise and anger of the past year, it has shifted to seething grief.<\/p>\n<p>This week, a handful of protesters gathered outside the home of senior Likud official Yuli Edelstein stood vigil under the Israeli flag. One quietly read out the names of those who died in the Hamas attack into a megaphone. Flickering candles on the street nearby spelt out a single word in Hebrew: \u201cCulpable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Mehul Srivastava in Tel Aviv<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/32c75cfc-d94f-4fa1-a2ed-b91f8ba90296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. 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