Netanyahu Should Step Down: Economist

Recent charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust against Binyamin Netanyahu have drawn the Israeli prime minister into tangled public controversy as opponents and critics call for his resignation. As a recent article for the Economist observes, “Netanyahu refuses to go.” From all indications, he has no intentions to resign and still hopes to be re-elected. He helped engineer an electoral pact with the hitherto untouchable far-right Jewish Power group, which calls for annexation of the occupied territories and “encouraging” all Arabs to emigrate.” Winner of three straight elections, and four overall, Netanyahu in his capacity as prime minister continues to rule with an iron fist on the Palestine question with hardened positions on the settler occupation that “thus looks ever more like apartheid.” Inside Israel, he advocates for a Jewish ethno-nationalism that marks Arab political parties as fifth columnists and internal security threats. If Netanyahu refuses to resign, the onus lies with the Israeli voters. -YaleGlobal