Former Israeli PM attacks Netanyahu: We have lost the US and the rest of the world

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Former Israeli PM attacks Netanyahu: We have lost the US and the rest of the
Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Israel has "lost the United States" and the rest of the world, warning that the country's international standing has reached a historically low level.

Speaking Wednesday at the Israel Security Concept Conference in Tel Aviv, Bennett said: “We have lost the United States, we have lost the world.”

His words were broadcast on Bennett's official YouTube channel. "We are at the most horrific low point in Israel's standing in the world since the founding of the state," he added.

Bennett accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of failing to secure victories on several fronts.

"The Netanyahu government doesn't know how to win anywhere, not in Gaza, not in Lebanon. They're not winning anywhere," he said.

The former prime minister also argued that Israel lacks an effective institution to counter what he described as influence campaigns targeting the country.

Bennett has emerged as a key opponent of Netanyahu ahead of Israel's parliamentary elections, consistently criticizing the government's handling of the war in Gaza and relations with Israel's allies.

Israel has faced growing criticism and isolation on the international stage over the war in the Gaza Strip, where its army has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, displaced most of the population and destroyed large areas of the enclave since October 2023.


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