Vast Majority of World Leaders Demand a Temporary Pause in Israel — Netanyahu Isolated Domestically & Abroad

Israel’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has never been less popular. His geopolitical and moral miscalculation of the bombing of Gaza have isolated him both domestically and internationally.

The war effort is costing the Israeli economy about $260m daily, according to Bloomberg. As a result, 300 prominent Israeli and foreign economists urged Netanyahu’s government to “immediately come to your senses.”

Both international and domestic public opinion is turning against Netanyahu and his war effort against Hamas, which is catching the majority of Palestinians living in Gaza in the crossfire. Nearly all of the two million Palestinians living there have been displaced, as the death toll in Gaza continues to mount.

Domestically, Israelis alike are bewildered by the catastrophic intelligence failure of October 7th. Internationally, with mounting pressure from demonstrations, world leaders are starting to criticize what many call “collective punishment.”

French President Emmanuel Macron was one of the first to say that he was among the first to remind Netanyahu of the limits international law puts on liberal democracies. Another vocal critic of Netanyahu’s response is Brazil’s President, Lula da Silva. Other world leaders also support a longer temporary ceasefire in Gaza.