Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made several inaccurate statements during his Aug. 4 interview with TIME. Here’s what they are.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for a wide-ranging interview with TIME on Aug. 4 at his Jerusalem office. During the discussion with TIME Correspondent Eric Cortellessa, Netanyahu made a number of claims that lacked context, were not supported by facts, or were not true.Regarding Israel's tacit and direct support for Hamas before Oct. 7, “It’s not only my government. It's the previous government, the government before me, and the government after me.
Netanyahu’s government was so invested in the policy that when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sanctioned Hamas in 2018 and cut off salaries for government workers in Gaza, the Israeli governmentthe payments, calling it “protection money” that would buy only temporary quiet. Bennett would succeed Netanyahu in 2021, the first Prime Minister in a unity government that lasted nearly 18 months.
At the same time, Netanyahu himself said publicly on numerous occasions that Hamas was deterred from attacking Israel. Just months before Oct. 7, Netanyahu appeared on Israel’s Channel 14, a friendly right-wing network, to say that he, Netanyahu wrote that Hamas was sufficiently constrained and that he didn’t want to wage all-out war in Gaza when he was more concerned about Iran.
Netanyahu caught Trump off guard. According to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, the former President turned to his aides once he exited the stage and said, “What the hell was that?” Netanyahu was ultimately forced to withdraw his annexation proposal under pressure from the Trump Administration. When Netanyahu returned to power in Dec. 2022, he appointed far-right ministers to key positions overseeing the West Bank: Bezalel Smotrich as Finance Minister and Itamar Ben-Gvir as National Security Minister. Both have undertaken a systematic effort to expand Israel’s footprint in the occupied territories, with Smotrich approving unauthorized outposts and streamlining settlement activities.
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