Siege Politics: Netanyahu’s Crisis-Driven Grip on Power

Siege Politics: Netanyahu’s Crisis-Driven Grip on Power

By now, it should surprise no one that Benjamin Netanyahu prefers the echo chamber of his own making to the international chorus demanding accountability. The Israeli prime minister, clinging to office as tenaciously as he clings to delusion, has managed to place himself among the most cynically manipulative leaders of our time, a man who governs not by vision, but by vindictiveness. Once vaunted as a statesman in the mold of Churchill, Netanyah…

In the 11 weeks of humanitarian blockade imposed by Israel at the Gaza Strip, Ricardo Monteiro believes that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is increasingly isolated in the international scene” and that the idea of halting attacks in Gaza only when Hamas is demilitarized may not be concrete, since CNN Portugal’s commentator recalls that the armed group has no difficulty in “reacting” new elements.

Ramzy Baroud - Netanyahu’s Endgame: Isolation and the Shattered Illusion of Power - Brave New Europe

Netanyahu’s power is fading. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is “These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons” (Clarity Press, Atlanta). Dr. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University (IZU). His website is www.ramzybaroud.net Cross-poste…

Netanyahu's Endgame: Isolation and the Shattered Illusion of Power - Politics For The People

By Ramzy Baroud There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have all the cards. The Palestinian Authority was largely passive, the occupied West Bank was relatively calm, Israel’s diplomatic reach was expanding, and the United States seemed ready to bend international law to accommodate Israel’s desire for complete control over Palestine. The Israeli prime minister had also, at least in his own estimation, succeeded in subduing Gaza, th…