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Bennett: Netanyahu should have resigned long ago
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to avoid responsibility for October 7, following the premier’s announcement that he would force out Shin Bet head Ronen Bar.
“Mr. Netanyahu bears ultimate responsibility for the worst failure in Israeli history, and should have resigned long ago,” Bennett tweets, arguing that the prime minister’s “passive and defeatist policy allowed Hamas and Hezbollah to build themselves up as terrorist powers on our borders for 15 years.”
While the heads of the security services also failed, “they took responsibility,” he continues. “Netanyahu, on the other hand, is running away from his responsibility. The State of Israel will not be able to recover without his resignation.”
