The Voice of Reason: Everywhere Else They Would Go Home - Except in Israel

Shlomo Shamir argues that while in the business and medical worlds failure leads to resignation, in Israeli politics failed politicians, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, refuse to step aside. The author quotes senior figures in the New York Jewish community and the UN who ask how Netanyahu still plays a role in coalition negotiations.

Shlomo Shamir argues in an opinion piece that while in the business and medical worlds failure leads to resignation, in Israeli politics failed politicians, especially Benjamin Netanyahu, refuse to step aside. The author describes Netanyahu as the most failed, obstructive, contemptible, and harmful politician on the world stage, and quotes senior figures in the New York Jewish community and the UN who ask how he still plays a role in coalition negotiations. The article does not include a response from Netanyahu or his party.