Netanyahu får svidande kritik

 David Horovitz ger Netanyahu svidande kritik efter Netanyahus tal vid det nya parlamentets öppnande:

Netanyahu could have his sought-for unity government… if he would step aside

The parliamentary event that takes place after the swearing-in of new Knesset members is meant to be convivial and somewhat informal — a little music; a brief speech from the speaker of the Knesset followed by his “L’Chaim” toast to the new parliament, the people and the State of Israel; remarks by the prime minister; more music; and group photos with the leaders of the newly elected parties.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bulldozed that norm on Tuesday. He used his address to urge national unity, but there was nothing warm or harmonious about his call. Rather, he unleashed a vicious assault on his Zionist political adversaries, characteristically tarring them all as the reviled “left” and accusing them of putting Israel in existential danger by refusing to help him restore his lost Knesset majority in a new version of his outgoing coalition.

He reserved even more of his fury, however, for the two Arab parties on whom the Gadi Eisenkot-led opposition might seek to rely in building a new government, Ra’am and the Joint List, describing MKs from those two parties as “terror supporters” and “haters of Israel.”...

Netanyahu’s attacks on both parties and their members, complete with quotations designed to showcase their perfidy, were manifestly self-serving. He would have had more credibility had he not assiduously wooed Ra’am in 2019 and 2021, after many of the incendiary Ra’am utterances he cited had been made...

In furious speech demanding ‘unity government,’ Netanyahu claims Arab MKs want Israel’s destruction

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday delivered a furious address to the newly sworn-in Knesset, demanding a national unity government and warning his rivals against setting up a “narrow” government backed by either or both of the Arab parties, whose members he accused of seeking Israel’s destruction and supporting terrorism.

Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot said Netanyahu’s “hate-filled” speech only further proved that he was unworthy of remaining in office, while Arab lawmakers panned him as a “racist” and said his words made them more determined to help oust him from office.

Later, Eisenkot’s Yashar party canceled talks it was set to hold on Wednesday with Likud representatives...