US call for a cease-fire in Gaza puts Netanyahu at a legacy-shaping crossroads (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); TEL AVIV, Israel — The cease-hearth proposal declared by President Joe Biden has placed Primary Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads, with both route probably to shape the legacy of Israel’s longest-serving and deeply divisive chief.
The proposal provides the risk of ending Israel’s war from Hamas, returning scores of hostages held by the Islamic militant group, quieting the northern border with Lebanon and probably advancing a historic settlement to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia. But it would also most likely shatter Netanyahu’s governing coalition, perhaps sending him into the opposition and making him a lot more vulnerable to a conviction in his corruption trial. The total withdrawal of Israeli forces identified as for in the settlement could allow Hamas to assert victory and reconstitute by itself.
Netanyahu’s rejection of the offer, on the other hand, could deepen Israel’s global isolation, worsen ties with an American administration eager to wind down the war and expose him to accusations of obtaining deserted the hostages to preserve his own skin. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).
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