Arrests. Classified documents. And suspected leaks that may have harmed efforts to free hostages held by Hamas in order, critics say, to give Benjamin Netanyahu public cover for failing to agree to a cease-fire deal. The Israeli prime minister was engulfed in scandal Monday over a case involving one of his aides that has sent shockwaves across the country.
The firestorm — brought into public view when an Israeli court loosened a gag order Sunday night — has enraged Netanyahu’s political opponents and hostage families. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and distanced himself from the case, but critics have alleged that the Israeli leader put hostages’ lives and national security at risk to buttress his hardline position in stalled cease-fire talks by leaking Gaza documents to friendly media outlets.
As an outside observer, it seems perfectly clear that he has no intent to see any more hostages returned alive.
If the hostages are returned it’s harder to justify his genocide.
There are those of us who have been saying that for a year
Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and distanced himself from the case
Desperate corrupt official lies to keep power and protect from prosecution, news at 11 …
I’m sorry, I read that as “incel leak scandal” and wondered how they got involved in this.
