‘You failed the Israeli people’ – Netanyahu under fire for ‘limited’ Iran attack October 27, 2024Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking outside his office at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)Yonatan Sindel/Flash90‘You failed the Israeli people’ – Netanyahu under fire for ‘limited’ Iran attack Tweet WhatsApp Email https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-limited-iran-attack-failed-the-israeli-people-journalist/ Email Print Addressing Netanyahu, Riklin wrote that “in the face of the war against Iran, you have not answered the call of the hour.”By World Israel News StaffA right-wing commentator and journalist, who is usually a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, slammed the premier over what he said was a failure to deter Iran with Saturday’s airstrikes.Shimon Riklin, a Channel 14 presenter who hosts The Patriots, one of the highest-rated news programs on Israeli television, wrote on social media platform X that the retaliatory attack on Iran represented a surrender to American pressure on Netanyahu’s end.Read Is Iran’s Khamenei dead man walking? Is Erdoğan?“When the war began [on October 7th], Israel rose to the occasion. Civilian, soldiers, and police officers went to battle. Thousands were killed and wounded. Tens of thousands more lost their places of employment, studies, and plans” for the future,” Riklin wrote.Addressing Netanyahu, Riklin wrote that “in the face of the war against Iran, you have not answered the call of the hour.”By not striking Israel’s nuclear development sites, Netanyahu “squandered a historic opportunity, the importance of which you have [previously] stressed to the public.”“A great leader is not judged by his length of time in office, but the critical decisions he makes,” Riklin continued.Read Netanyahu rejects ceasefire after telling US he ‘shares aim’ of ending Hezbollah warThe journalist said he believed that Netanyahu had folded under pressure from the Biden administration to avoid striking Iran’s nuclear and oil sites.“At the moment when the people of Israel needed you to rise to the occasion, we heard you obeying – in English – a president who’s almost out of office,” he wrote.“You now owe the people of Israel an explanation. Why did you hesitate and miss the opportunity?”Riklin also referred to the October 1 Iranian attack, which saw Tehran shoot nearly 200 ballistic missiles at the Jewish state.Read Netanyahu declares at UN: 'The torch of Israel will shine forever - Am Yisrael Chai'He also mentioned the drone attack on Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence, which was likely ordered by Iran but carried out by Hezbollah.“How many more times should Iran shoot at us and you personally?” Riklin asked.He asked when Netanyahu will “have the courage to react to the threat that you have rightly defined as existential.” Benjamin NetanyahuChannel 14IranIran attackiran nuclear programIran nuclear threat
