In defence of Benjamin Netanyahu

In defence of Benjamin Netanyahu Submitted by Joseph Massad on Mon, 03/30/2026 - 15:56 Efforts to single out the Israeli prime minister as uniquely responsible for state policy obscure a long record of expansion and repression A demonstrator wearing a prisoner uniform and a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in a 'No Kings Italy' march in Rome on 28 March 2026, part of a global day of action held alongside protests in the US, London and Athens (Marcello Valeri/Zuma Press Wire) Off The recent right-wing campaign - joined by many leftists - in the US to blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for dragging Washington into a war on Iran is only the latest campaign to exonerate the US from its imperialist crimes and to absolve Israel of Netanyahu's alleged machinations. This campaign continues a trend that began two decades ago by American, European and Israeli liberal critics of Israeli policies towards Palestinians, Lebanon , Syria and the region more broadly, which has unfairly placed blame on Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition government, whose more recent members are unjustly deemed responsible for veering Israel off its alleged pre-Netanyahu path of peace. Israel's main American apologist, Thomas Friedman , does not tire of unfairly pointing the finger at Netanyahu as a spoiler of Israel's "peaceful" record.