JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The US intelligence community sees Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s “viability as a leader” as “in jeopardy”, according to its annual report on the national security threats facing the United States, which was presented to Congress on Monday.
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“Distrust of Netanyahu’s ability to rule has deepened and broadened across the public from its already high levels before the war, and we expect large protests demanding his resignation and new elections,” according to the report. “A different, more moderate government is a possibility.”
Netanyahu has faced significant criticism within Israel for his government’s failure to predict or forestall the October 7 attack, when the terror group Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and took 240 hostages. Public polling has also suggested that many Israelis question whether the current IDF military offensive, which has leveled Gaza and killed tens of thousands of people, is the best way to recover the hostages.
The intelligence report notes that the Israeli population broadly supports the destruction of Hamas. But its assessment of Netanyahu’s political fortunes nevertheless delivers a stark report on a leader President Joe Biden once claimed to “love.”
It comes amid an increasingly tense — and public — divide between the two leaders over the civilian death toll in Gaza. As reports have mounted of civilian casualties and, increasingly, starvation and disease, the Biden administration has been pushing Israel to allow more aid into the region. In an interview over the weekend, Biden warned that Netanyahu is “hurting Israel more than helping Israel.”
Netanyahu fired back in a separate interview that if Biden was suggesting “that I’m pursuing private policies against the wish of the majority of Israelis, and that this is hurting the interests of Israel, then he’s wrong on both counts.”
The US intelligence report also claims that Israel will struggle to defeat Hamas militarily.
“Israel probably will face lingering armed resistance from Hamas for years to come, and the military will struggle to neutralize Hamas’s underground infrastructure, which allows insurgents to hide, regain strength, and surprise Israeli forces,” the report reads.
Experts and military analysts have issued similar assessments, warning that Israel’s aggressive bombing campaign may serve only to inspire future generations of terrorist actors.
Deep State escalating, with Israeli leftists, to overthrow Bibi and install a traitorous givernment. Same Intel which lied about WMDs in Iraq , supported Iran .
Biden is pushing Israel to pretend this is just a little tea party that got out of hand.
Are the world leaders and red cross showing their true hate of Jews?
So it appears
They’re misreading badly. However the opposition to Netanyahu by many Israelis, they’re united in the total destruction of Hamas and rejecting overwhelmingly the insane 2- state solution.
I like the line that “a leader biden claimed to love” Biden snubbed Bibi for a year after he he was reelected PM.
This is of course lies, this is them trying to make it true, Biden wants Bibi gone and he wants hamas to survive, the biden admin is using the intelligence community and anything else he can to overthrow Bibi and then declare a pali state.
Would be amusing if Israeli intelligence put out a “report” on Biden and abilities to govern.
Who would believe anything they say look what America’s justice system and prosecution has turned into a self-serving political machine the persecutes people that they’re running against. Don’t believe a word of it
Us intel worthless and not to be trusted, Biden intel on Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq all misleading Biden supports terrorism
they miss the point of the war. We all agree that we won’t defeat terror or change people. Yes there will be insurgencies for years. However, they won’t be in a state to commit oct 7 attacks.
you mean the guys who said Iraq had WMDs, Taliban would not take over Afghanistan and that Russia would take over Ukraine in 3 days predict this?
They have been wrong about so many things and missed so much obvious clues that they cannot be taken seriously. Just another incompetent government dept of bureaucrats
To A REAL YID : I know nothing about Israeli politics , you may be perfectly right , probably we share same opinions as Yidden ,
however , this phrase ” Hamas will linger on ” is in Yiddish SHRECKLICH .
As much as I love the USA it is clear that our intelligence services are useless in fighting our real threats. They are busy prosecuting misgendering and all other leftist defined “crimes “. They have no ability to fight an actual existential battle anymore because they don’t need to. And as far as the real threat to the citizens if our country meaning hone friendly Muslim terrorism, they are to cowed by pc doctrine to do anything meaningful. Only once we gave Chas be Shalom another 9/11 here woukd it change and then not fir a limited time span
I wonder why it is called “intelligence”?
Very disappointing to hear that from US ,,,
Bibi is a strong leader and a brilliant statesman and he is defiant against American dictates. That has made him a marked man for the Arab appeasing administration of the US. He has plenty enemies in Israel who tried every which way to bring him down. Yet he is overwhelmingly liked and trusted. The noisy left that resented decisions made by a government representing the people reached out to Israel’s detractors and Oct 7 was one tragic result. Hopefully, the Israelis have understood the importance of rallying around their leaders rather than challenging them, especially in the face of outside meddling in Israel’s governance.
I have got a question : Since this issue of HAMAS WILL LINGER ON ;is an issue of life or death for our BRIDERLECH in E. YISRUL ,
I was told that towards the end of WW2 : there had been a DELEGATION of our RABUNIM going to the WHITE HOUSE : isn t right now the right idea ?
100% right but one correction it’s not Netanyahu it’s BIDEN…
BTW who is US intelligence today I don’t trust anyone in today regime
DOJ, FBI , CIA their leadership is corrupted
It’s a fact that Israel without the USA is nothing. They need the moral,political and off course the almighty dollar from the USA. Frum Yidden in America should thank Hashem daily that he gave us a place where to live freely.We should worry about the safety of Jews wherever they live including in Israel.Cursing Biden and other politicians won’t help much to our freedom here in America.In fact it ignites anti Semitism. Up until now when Biden showed his utmost support for Israel he was the best.Now,when Biden for whatever reason doesn’t see eye to eye with Bal Gavo crooked Netanyahu he is becomes the worse. Shame on you all flaming Zionists.
I tend not to believe anything that comes from our(the US ) government regarding Israel and it’s leaders
It was a close election and a weak coalition.
At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if the US orchestrated Oct 7 just to get Bibi out of office and get a “Palestinian State”.
Bibi tried to kill democracy in Israel just to stay out of jail, just like Herr Trump here. Then the War came and Bibi is mishandling it. The day the war ends, Bibi is OUT. And he knows it. Has nothing to w USA intel but Israeli voters.