Growing Anger Targets Netanyahu for Security Failures
Polls indicate that a majority of Israelis want someone else to lead the country, and if elections were held today, Likud, Netanyahu's party, would lose seats.
Public anger is growing in Israel, with citizens holding the government, particularly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, responsible for failing to anticipate and prevent a deadly attack by Hamas.
The anger is fueled by the belief that the government dropped its guard and embroiled the country in a Gaza war, which is leading to casualties among both Israelis and Palestinians.
Netanyahu Blamed
Some are even drawing parallels with the "October 1973 Debacle," a reference to Israel's failure to anticipate an attack in 1973, which resulted in the resignation of then-Prime Minister Golda Meir.
Polls indicate that a majority of Israelis want someone else to lead the country, and if elections were held today, Likud, Netanyahu's party, would lose seats. Netanyahu is facing increasing pressure to take responsibility for the failure, but so far, he has not admitted any fault.
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