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As Israel contemplates a two-week ceasefire announced by United States President Donald Trump in the war on Iran on Tuesday night, it appears weakened in the eyes of its opponents and critics. Its arch-nemesis, Iran, is still standing; Israel’s defensive stock of missiles is depleted and its prime minister is facing a political backlash.

Following news of the Pakistan-brokered truce, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement in English, saying that the PM supports the US decision and claiming that “Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran’s Arab neighbours and the world.”

But there was a caveat. While mediator Pakistan had announced that Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon would also cease, Netanyahu added that he does not regard the ceasefire as extending to Israel’s war on Lebanon, which, for now at least, the US appears willing to allow to continue, subject to its peace negotiations with Iran.

Responding to Netanyahu’s announcement, Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, who had strongly supported his country’s attack on regional nemesis Iran, called the ceasefire one of the greatest “political disasters in all of our history”. Israel had not even been involved in negotiations, he said, adding that, despite its military successes, the prime minister had “failed politically, failed strategically, and didn’t meet a single one of the goals that he himself set”, adding that it would take years to repair the damage inflicted upon the country through the prime minister’s “arrogance”.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 47 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement in English, saying that the PM supports the US decision and claiming that “Iran no longer poses a nuclear, missile and terror threat to America, Israel, Iran’s Arab neighbours and the world.”

Remember that for next time he starts claiming the opposite.

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Unless they are weeks away from creating nuclear weapons.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Netanyahu is on video making these claims in attempt to pull the US into war with Iran as far back as the 90s…!

[–] ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca 1 points 47 minutes ago

I was referring to those videos actually. If propaganda and lies were human, they'd be Fuckenyahu.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago
[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

So how long do we think this ceasefire will last?

Hopefully longer than the Israeli ceasefires or the Russian ceasefires.

[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 2 points 28 minutes ago

Didn't Israel bomb Iran hours into the ceasefire? Like they always do

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

it's reportedly already over lol

[–] myster0n@feddit.nl 6 points 3 hours ago

The ceasefire has already lasted longer than the Israeli ceasefires