On Friday's “PBS NewsHour,” new york times Columnist David Brooks is not a big fan of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but says, “He's been defying world opinion and American public opinion on every issue over the last month, and in some ways he's been absolutely right.” said. Those who want Prime Minister Netanyahu to declare victory following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, because he contributed to world peace by weakening terrorist organizations, do not have the same intelligence as Israel. should be accepted, and Prime Minister Netanyahu has been “making the right arguments” over the last month. ”
“I'm not a big fan of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, but I have to admit that over the past month he has defied world opinion and American public opinion on every issue, and he's absolutely right,” Brooks said. “It was,” he said. They significantly weakened Hezbollah. They have now seriously removed the leadership and now have almost complete leadership of Hamas. So these are two Iranian-backed terrorist militias. And sometimes in war you have to defeat the enemy. So he undermined them. Clearly, Hamas is here to stay. There will still be a very powerful Hezbollah. But he weakened the enemy. And in my opinion, it contributed to world peace. ”
Brooks continued, “Now, is this the moment for him to turn the corner and say, okay, we won?'' I kind of sympathize with that perspective, but to be honest, if you're an Israeli intelligence agent, I don't think you can know that unless you have access to it and know how much Hamas is still out there. And frankly, I don't think any American would know that. I don't like to trust Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, but he has made some good decisions over the past month.
Brooks then claimed that Netanyahu was standing in the way of peace in a two-state solution.
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