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At the present time, the gravest danger to Israel’s long-term security and the well-being of its people emanates from its own government — first and foremost its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. His decision to carry out a strike on senior Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital Doha was criminally reckless. The Israeli government, drunk with the success of being able to hit targets across the region at will, has lost any sense of judgment and fails to recognize any red lines.
Qatar, a close ally of the US, is by no definition an enemy country. No act of military hostility against Israel has ever originated from its soil, and it is a crucial mediator in efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. So to launch an airstrike on its capital in an attempt to kill those who are supposed to be negotiating a ceasefire, and the return of the hostages, as much as you might perceive them as worthy of death, was an act of extreme folly, cynicism, and opportunism.
To make it even worse for Netanyahu, he also needs to explain why the operation failed to achieve its objective of killing the Hamas leadership. Ironically, this might be the only silver lining in this episode: that at least there is some Hamas leadership left to negotiate a desperately needed end to the hostilities, especially as Israel intensifies its assault on Gaza City.
