Benjamin Netanyahu: The fate of millions of people lies in the hands of one man

 

Like it happens with all controversial politicians, there are two sides of Benjamin Netanyahu: one is the ideologically driven individual that wants the Bigger Israel no matter what and the other is the mortal individual that got into many dubious dealings that led the Israeli Judiciary to chase him.

The present Benjamin Netanyahu cannot get a Knesset majority and lives in borrowed time. He knows that the moment he steps down as Prime Minister of Israel the Judiciary will catch up with him and his reputation and his personal life will be dealt a deadly blow. Therefore, he will do whatever it takes to stick to power, even if this means all out war with Israel's neighbours. For Benjamin Netanyahu the ends justify the means and the lists of casualties and material losses will be his legacy. Long gone are the days of Yitzhak Rabin when lasting peace between Jews and Palestinian was mesmerizingly close.

Menachem Begin and  Anwar Sadat had achieved peace between Israel and Egypt leading to the restoration of territories that had been taken from Egypt in war. Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat held the keys to Paradise, but Paradise was not meant to be. A Far Right Jew killed Yitzhak Rabin and killed the peace process.

As far as Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned, peace is his greatest enemy. His support for Jewish thugs who call themselves Nationalists led to the incidents in a Mosque in Jerusalem during Ramadan and the Palestinian response followed. At the moment, a case is going through the legal process in Israel that is directly linked to the rights of Palestinians to live in Jerusalem. Jewish Far Right activists claim that Palestinian homes in Jerusalem belong to them. This is the core of what is happening right now. Jerusalem, like the rest of the occupied territories, has been subjected to ethnic cleansing with Israeli Arabs stating that in Israel itself they are being treated as second class citizens.

Benjamin Netanyahu does not represent Israel and does not represent what Israel stands for, but his actions are affecting the wellbeing of Jews inside and outside Israel. In this particular situation, Jews and Palestinian are being held hostage by Benjamin Netanyahu for reasons that have nothing to do with Israeli security, but more to do with an extremist agenda and his unwillingness to face the courts and be accountable. This is why Israelis and Palestinian are dying.