Netanyahu's Desultory Reign

Benjamin Netanyahu is certainly not expending his energies to protect Jewish lives. He either attacked Gaza without a victory plan or gave up on the plan when the going got tough. Netanyahu's ham-handed botching of the Gaza campaign did not defeat Hamas. What it did do was stoke the fires of Jew-hatred all over the world. In Europe, in particular, Jews have not been subjected to this much widespread animus since the end of World War II. What does Netanyahu have to show for the Gaza invasion? Netanyahu has no victory over the jihadists to claim credibly. Netanyahu has lost almost ten times as many dead as in the last Gaza incursion where seven IDF personnel died. Israeli communities near Gaza are certainly still not safe. Around two thousand Palestinians are dead and they seem to be mostly noncombatants, generating terrible public relations and possibly war crimes persecutions for Israel's political and military leaders. Gaza has become a lose-lose situation for the Jewish State, and Netanyahu has displayed terrible judgement and lousy leadership in the conduct of the Gaza assault.