{"id":57370,"date":"2024-05-23T17:57:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/as-israels-hard-line-stokes-anger-abroad-netanyahu-may-get-benefits-at-home\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T17:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T17:57:34","slug":"as-israels-hard-line-stokes-anger-abroad-netanyahu-may-get-benefits-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/23\/as-israels-hard-line-stokes-anger-abroad-netanyahu-may-get-benefits-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"As Israel\u2019s Hard Line Stokes Anger Abroad, Netanyahu May Get Benefits at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/05\/21\/multimedia\/22mideast-crisis-israel-alone\/21israel-mood-mvwg-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"As Israel\u2019s Hard Line Stokes Anger Abroad, Netanyahu May Get Benefits at Home\" title=\"As Israel\u2019s Hard Line Stokes Anger Abroad, Netanyahu May Get Benefits at Home\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Israel took several tough diplomatic blows over the past week, some of which had been feared for years. Yet the rising outcry against Israel abroad appears not to have swayed the Israeli public, whose views on the country\u2019s military campaign in Gaza are largely different from those of the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Just this week, Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court announced he was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/20\/world\/middleeast\/icc-hamas-netanyahu.html\" title=\"\">seeking arrest warrants<\/a> for Israel\u2019s prime minister and defense minister on charges of crimes against humanity, alongside three leaders of Hamas; three European countries announced they would <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/22\/world\/israel-gaza-palestinian-news\/norways-recognition-carries-significance-because-of-its-role-in-1993-talks?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">recognize a Palestinian state<\/a>; and Israel backed down on seizing equipment from The Associated Press after an international backlash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Israeli leaders are looking <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/21\/world\/middleeast\/israel-netanyahu-icc-arrest-warrant.html\" title=\"\">first and foremost to their public<\/a>, which, analysts say, still views the war with Hamas in Gaza as an existential conflict. While international support for Israel has eroded over its devastating military response in Gaza \u2014 with over 35,000 people dead, according to health authorities there \u2014 Israelis have largely remained focused on the brutality of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks and the fate of hostages taken that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Political analysts say that Mr. Netanyahu hopes to leverage the rising international criticism to tamp down frustration at home over his failure to either decisively defeat Hamas or bring home the remaining hostages in Gaza. Some of Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s key rivals rallied to his defense on Monday after Mr. Khan announced that he would seek a warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIsrael is not only isolated, but feels that it is under some kind of siege,\u201d said Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli diplomat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For many Israelis, memories of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/10\/world\/middleeast\/israel-gaza-war-hamas-deaths-killings.html\" title=\"\">the massacre in southern Israel<\/a> \u2014 in which roughly 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage, according to the Israeli authorities \u2014 remain a constant backdrop to the conflict. Months later, Israeli media still continually airs the stories of victims, survivors and the families of those held hostage in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIsraelis have been living and reliving the horrors of that day \u2014 but also with an eye toward the possibility that it could one day be repeated,\u201d said Natan Sachs, who directs the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. \u201cThat fear is a key driver of both Israeli policy and public support for policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There is swelling discontent among Israelis, many of whom are frustrated with the failure of their government to bring home the remaining 128 living and dead hostages. Others, including senior Israeli officials, are frustrated with Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s failure to articulate a clear endgame for what could become an interminable conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But calls for a cease-fire for its own sake have found little purchase. Israel\u2019s leaders \u2014 including some of Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s top rivals \u2014 generally support the ongoing Israeli military operation in Rafah, which U.N. officials estimate has displaced over 800,000 Palestinians. U.S. officials have repeatedly raised concerns over the assault in meetings with their Israeli counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the face of the decision by Spain, Norway, and Ireland to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/05\/22\/world\/israel-gaza-palestinian-news\" title=\"\">recognize a Palestinian state<\/a> on Wednesday, Israeli officials tried to turn the conversation back to Oct. 7. Israel recalled its ambassadors, and the foreign minister, Israel Katz, said he would screen footage of the abduction of five female soldiers during the Hamas attack for them during a \u201csevere reprimand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Netanyahu and other members of his right-wing coalition have reacted with defiance to criticism from abroad. He called the decision of the three European nations to recognize Palestinian statehood \u201ca prize for terrorism\u201d and excoriated the I.C.C. prosecutor for suggesting that Hamas fighters and Israeli forces had both committed crimes during the current war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHow dare you compare the monsters of Hamas to the soldiers of the Israeli Army, the world\u2019s most moral military?\u201d Mr. Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the biggest questions, however, is how long Mr. Netanyahu can stoke public grievance against international criticism at home without further damaging Israel\u2019s ties with key allies abroad, including the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn terms of policy, it\u2019s absolutely disastrous and will have long-term consequences,\u201d Mr. Sachs said. \u201cBut in terms of politics, it may be working.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/23\/world\/middleeast\/netanyahu-israel-gaza-war.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel took several tough diplomatic blows over the past week, some of which had been feared for years. Yet the rising outcry against Israel abroad appears not to have swayed the Israeli public, whose views on the country\u2019s military campaign in Gaza are largely different from those of the rest of the world. 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