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Benjamin Netanyahu interrupted an uncharacteristically long silence over the Iran conflict this week with a video commentary insisting he had “full coordination” with Donald Trump, with whom he spoke “almost daily”.

The insistence that all was rosy in the US-Israeli relationship followed weeks of reports in the domestic press that Israel was no longer being consulted over the Iran conflict, and even less over Pakistani-brokered peace talks. Such is the scepticism over Netanyahu’s trustworthiness among the general public and independent press that the immediate reaction among observers to his video statement was speculation that the reality could be even worse than they had imagined.

“He is doing so much talking about how great the relationship is that it makes me rather concerned about how much tension there is,” said Dahlia Scheindlin, an American-Israeli political consultant and pollster. “I wouldn’t be surprised, as the war is clearly going very poorly from all perspectives related to the original goals.”

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[–] SilverCode@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 month ago (6 children)

the war is clearly going very poorly from all perspectives related to the original goals

Remind me again what the original goals were?

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The end goal was establishing greater Israel.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep

BiBi was hoping that the eyes of the world would be occupied while he takes more of Palestine and Lebanon

Israel is not, and never has been, a legitimate state

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

FistingEnthusiast punching through the lies and narratives. 😅👍

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I have my moments

[–] pmk@piefed.ca 31 points 1 month ago
[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Mass murdering civilians, I expect.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

To distract from the Epstein files of Trump raping kids?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump fucking kids?

Raping kids.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Correct! I’ll amend

[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Getting a second FIFA Peace Prize? ~~Distract everyone from Epstein?~~ (certainly not this one)

[–] BlameTheAntifa@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Remind me again what the original goals were?

Distracting from the Trump-Epstein Files and the fact that Trump raped and murdered children.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

when you're competing in the asshole olympics, there's no winners

[–] frightful5680@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

No just a very stinky planet

[–] frightful5680@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Gee I wonder what happens when we elect literal demons to every world power's leadership 🧐

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 9 points 1 month ago

What's up Donny, first Elon now Bibi? Sad and lonely is the lot of a megalomaniac narcissist.

Not to speak of all the other bimbos you dropped.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Such is the scepticism over Netanyahu’s trustworthiness among the general public and independent press

Jesus. When you're trusted even less than Trump ... !

[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

And Trump scores less than Putin on trustworthiness.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

I will believe it when Trump start sanctionning Israel

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

If it's that bad for them, they're both welcome to slurp shit and die.