My family has a long-standing relationship with Israel. My grandfather was a member of the Haganah. So I do not approach this from hostility to Israel or indifference to its security. Israel has real enemies and serious security threats. Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and other proxy forces pose a grave risk to Israel, despite the degradation of some of their capabilities.
But Netanyahu and Likud have responded in a way that is strategically incoherent and excessively force-driven. After October 7, Israel had the moral upper hand. Netanyahu squandered it through a devastating Gaza campaign that has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians, mostly civilians according to Gaza health authorities, and the displacement of millions.
A smarter and more moral Israeli policy would have degraded Iran’s proxy network through intelligence, finance, diplomacy, sanctions coordination, and targeted operations, while avoiding policies, especially settlement expansion and excesses in Gaza, that have caused immense human suffering, eroded Israel’s international standing, weakened support among democratic allies, and strengthened radicalization.
Netanyahu and Likud’s policies, under the guise of protecting Israel, have put Israel in a weaker and more isolated position. At the moment, Netanyahu and Likud face broad public opposition inside Israel. Recent polling suggests Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition would be unlikely to retain a majority if elections were held now, though Israel’s coalition politics remain fragmented.
For Israel to return to strategic credibility, the first step is Netanyahu’s removal.
L'Irlande 🇮🇪, un pays qui a bâti une partie de son identité sur la résistance à l’impérialisme britannique devrait comprendre l’Ukraine mieux que quiconque.
Voir certains Irlandais minimiser l’impérialisme russe ou fermer les yeux sur des exportations utiles à Moscou, c’est donc assez lunaire.
Pour rappel l’Irlande est membre de l’Union européenne.
Si une raffinerie située sur son territoire, détenue par Rusal, continue d’exporter de l’alumine vers la Russie, pour alimenter la chaîne industrielle et militaire russe, alors il faut une enquête européenne approfondie et des sanctions.
L’UE ne peut pas sanctionner Moscou d’une main et laisser des failles stratégiques ouvertes de l’autre.
L’anti-impérialisme à géométrie variable, ça porte un nom : l’hypocrisie.
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