Until now I have been of the opinion that PM Benjamin Netanyahu should announce that this will be his last term as Prime Minister and he will be resigning from politics at the end of it. Maybe it should be done with a specific date announced so that he can feel comfortable that the government won't be brought down early just to get rid of him.
Now I think Netanyahu should resign immediately or somehow be forced out of office.
Netanyahu has not kept any of his major campaign promises, and the security situation has deteriorated very significantly recently, with no solution to be implemented in sight, except for bandaids.
The campaign promise that bothers me the most is his promise of a proposal for electoral reform within the first 100 days after the elections.
Since the elections we have not heard a word about it.
There are issues of economics and peace talks and other stuff that I consider less critical, but basically Israel has not advanced on anything, from a governmental perspective, in the past year.
And the way the security situation has deteriorated is very troubling. Netanyahu has always sold himself as Mr. Security, and he has always, more or less, been pretty decent on security issues. Recently he seems to have lost control.
Netanyahu is hesitant, for whatever reason, to implement any serious policies to curtail the violence and makes announcements of bandaids - more and faster home demolitions, more security forces on the streets, and more use of administrative detentions, among others.
Basically, more of the same.
People should be fed up. People should be demanding his resignation. Politicians should either pressure Netanyahu to implement serious policy changes to deal with the security situation or force him to resign, even if by leaving the government.
Netanyahu is a great talker, especially on a world stage. The time for talk has passed. Israelis are being killed, with no response. The time for action is now, and Netanyahu seems to not be the right guy for that.
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