Israeli troops refuse to meet Netanyahu in his visit to Hadassah Hosp.
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An IOF soldier told Israeli media that he, along with 15 of the 18 soldiers in his wing, refused to meet with Netanyahu, contrary to statements by the PM's office.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, visits a man injured in an attack at the border with Egypt, Friday, August 19, 2011. (AP)
Israeli media reported that Israeli soldiers getting treated at the Hadassah Medical Center's rehabilitation facility refused to meet with PM Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit.
Netanyahu's office had previously stated that upon knowledge of the PM's visit "the crushing majority of troops were enthusiastic to meet him." However, one soldier told the media that he, along with 15 of the 18 soldiers in his wing, refused to meet with Netanyahu.
Israeli Channel 13 noted that a precedent to the incident took place a week before in another of Netanyahu's visits to the Sheba Medical Center, during which injured soldiers also rejected a meeting with Netanyahu, and highlighted that officials in the Israeli occupation forces tallied those who agreed to meet the occupation PM and transferred them to a different department.
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Amid a flood of anti-Netanyahu protests, Israeli settlers have demanded more governmental effort to strike a captive-release deal, remarkable after discovering that several Israeli hostages were killed by the occupation forces, feeding into the doubts they have been honing towards their government.
Foreign Affairs previously predicted that Netanyahu would meet the same fate his predecessors met. The magazine also coined the backlash from the disastrous security failure on October 7 as unsurprising. However, what seems to be shocking, is the collective opposition to Netanyahu and his government amid one of the most destructive wars the occupation has launched.
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![In a 2021 interview with Frontline by former US special representative James Jeffrey, he says he had "engaged with [HTS] via backchannels while serving in President Trump’s State Department. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)](https://alpha-en-media.almayadeen.net/media/image/2024/12/21/b4a69f2e-8682-43e4-9d37-49482b304ab3/3.png?v=2&format=webp "In a 2021 interview with Frontline by former US special representative James Jeffrey, he says he had \"engaged with [HTS] via backchannels while serving in President Trump’s State Department. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Batoul Chamas)")
