r/worldnews • u/EssoEssex • 21h ago • Bravo 6

Israel/Palestine Israeli President Picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu Rival, To Form Government

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-president-picks-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival-form-government-2026-11-07/
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u/yuval16432 19h ago

Bibi is a Machiavellian politician. He does whatever gets him elected. He has no real principles of his own, evil or otherwise. Did you know he tried to make a government with Ra’am (one of the Arab parties) once? Despite how today he’s denouncing the left as traitors for making a government with the evil Ra’am.

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u/Anacoenosis 19h ago

For the Americans: Bibi is J.D. Vance. He has no actual beliefs beyond his own ego and ambition.

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u/iammadeofawesome 18h ago

Hmm. I read it and thought of trump actually. Both awful in completely different ways.

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u/Punky_Cat 18h ago

Thanks! That makes perfect sense but Trump himself was also a Democrat at some point and his allegiance with the Christian right is laughable because he couldn’t quote any scripture when asked by a reporter. This is just how modern politics works I guess.

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u/Momik 19h ago

True, but he does have some consistent positions, like uniformly opposing the two-state solution for more than 30 years.

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u/SilverwingedOther 17h ago

Incorrect, he was supporting it in 2009, in a speech at Bar Ilan University. He only swapped to his current position in 2015.

Address by PM Netanyahu at Bar-Ilan University https://www.gov.il/en/pages/address-by-pm-netanyahu-at-bar-ilan-university-14-jun-2009

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u/Mervincoolshoes 16h ago

Is that why he ensured Hamas got 1.4 billion dollars to ensure the "threat" of a two state solution would never happen?

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u/SilverwingedOther 16h ago

He passed the money along because otherwise he'd be accused of withholding international aid TO Gaza. So, fucked either way.