Israel Opposition leaders slam Netanyahu over ceasefire with Iran
The Hindu
Israeli Opposition leaders criticize Netanyahu for failing to achieve war objectives and call the ceasefire with Iran a political disaster.
Israel's Opposition leaders swiftly criticised the ceasefire with Iran on Wednesday (April 8, 2026), accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to achieve the war's objectives.
The United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in an 11th-hour bid to avert all-out destruction of Iran threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Mr. Netanyahu's office said Israel supported Mr. Trump's decision to suspend the bombing of Iran, but maintained the ceasefire "does not include Lebanon" where Israeli forces are fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah.
"There has never been a political disaster like this in our entire history. Israel was not even close to the table when decisions were made concerning the core of our national security," the country's main Opposition leader Yair Lapid wrote on X.
"The army carried out everything that was asked of it, and the public showed remarkable resilience, but Netanyahu failed politically, failed strategically, and did not achieve any of the goals he himself set."
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