The same way we treat any other leader who is unpredictable instead of being a trusted partner. Start with withholding weapons on condition of Israel doing what we say (starting with cease-fire) and also put out a message to the Isreali people similar to the one Netanyahu sent to the Iranian people: You are good people but your leadership is failing you.
I just think your responses are a little naive. Israel is a democracy but it's government is very different from our own form of democracy. Minority coalitions have incredible power in Israel's government. Demanding the Israeli's oust Netanyahu will almost certainly result in Netanyahu's poll numbers increasing. The only way the USA could "oust" Netanyahu would be either a 1970s CIA coup or a 2000's GWB style regime change - neither of which are likely.
I didn't mean "oust" necessarily, just alter his approach toward US partnership see here
I suspect the Oct 7 attack and retaliation might've happened regardless of the Nuke Agreement. There were many events that seemed to lead up to the eruption and they were on "bosides". I suppose the Lebanon issue might be different. Curious, who you are referring to by WE? We the american economy or we global humanitarians, or we 'the politicians playing the game of peace-seeking politics during election', etc?
Netanyahu has tolerated decades of terrorist attacks on Israel. It was Hamas that escalated the situation, not netanyahu.
Ezra has had a number of podcasts with various people from various perspectives on this issue. I found this episode to be the worst and least insightful. Ezra clearly struggles with how to frame his own perspective on the issue (and that of the more moderate Israeli middle) and the podcast just kind of breezes by important issues such as demographics and the very morality of the existence of the Jewish state without any real counterpoints or discourse.Deep and intense conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta Nehisi Coates here, around his writing on visiting Israel and specifically the West Bank. Gift ink to the transcript:
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Oct. 11, 2024, episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”www.nytimes.com
I found Coates’ perspective important, Ezra’s less so.
How many Israelis were killed from terrorists attacks vs how many Palestinians were killed by Israeli terrorist attacks? Numbers don't lie. Netanyahu has been a terrorist himself over the years.
Do you think the number of Palestinian deaths is impacted by the fact that Hamas uses civilians as human shields and civilian structures for military purposes?
Exactly where can they go that civilians aren't going to be in the field of fire? It is among the most densely populated places on earth. "Hey, we're throwing a rebellion against someone incredibly more heavily armed than we are. Make sure sure you stand in the half dozen clear spots so we're not responsible for any of our civilians getting hurt. Now, go win one for the Gipper." Uh-huh.
Since the beginning of the war, Israel has warned Palestinians about areas that are going to be bombed via texts, phone calls and dropping of leaflets. Gaza is not very large, I agree, but if I got a text or phone call saying that my cul-de-sac was going to be bombed in 2 hours, I could quite easily move to another part of my neighborhood for safety and my neighborhood is significantly less than 140 sq miles.
