“He’s doing a good job,” Trump saidabout the Israeli leader. “Biden is trying to hold him back, just so you understand, Biden is more superior to the VP. He’s trying to hold him back, and he probably should be doing the opposite, actually. I’m glad that Netanyahu decided to do what he had to do, but it’s moving along pretty good.”
Oh, I don’t think there’s any political calculation to 99% of what Trump says anymore. This is more about how much he likes “strongmen”. Hell, lots of folks in Israel don’t even like Netanyahu anymore.
Apparently he’s reasonably popular?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c243zempn6zo
His polls have recently somewhat improved, but are still down from where they were historically. Earlier this year they were absolutely abysmal so the bar was on the floor for them to be seen as “on the rise”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-public-opinion-shifts-on-netanyahu-as-prime-minister-regains-support/3353576#
It’s one of the reasons he has been stalling on ceasefire talks - the war is the only thing keeping him in power.
I may be wrong about this, but I think I remember reading something last year about him being in legal trouble but there’s a law that stops him from being prosecuted if the country is involved in “military operations?”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu
Certainly guessing they’re trying to delay as much as possible.
Hmmm… I’m no calendarologist but it seems to me that October is after July…
Thanks for the link! They didn’t mention anything about the law I thought existed so I guess that’s not a thing.
Yeah, this trial has been going on forever. Looks like he has to testify in early December (his lawyers had wanted to push off until March next year)
This is an archive of the best article I could find - basically his lawyers had used the war as an excuse for the delay, but that didn’t fly.
https://archive.ph/v1V0j