Netanyahu Cashes In Hostages for Political Mercy
The story implies a miraculous comeback for Netanyahu, who was, let's not forget, already facing multiple corruption charges and widespread protests before October 7th. This isn't redemption; it's a strategically convenient distraction from his pre-existing legal woes and the very security failures that led to the hostage crisis in the first place. One might note Netanyahu previously dismantled
earlier peace processes, like his consistent undermining of the Oslo Accords, preferring perpetual conflict over resolution. History doesn't just repeat; sometimes, a politician just recycles the same playbook. So, the question remains: how many 'national security crises' does a leader get to engineer for a political get-out-of-jail-free card? The FT's narrative sanitizes years of policies that
cultivated this precise environment, treating the current situation as an unprompted act of God rather than a predictable outcome of sustained occupation and blockade. Perhaps 'redemption' is just another word for escaping accountability when the cameras are fixed on the next tragedy.