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Opposition leader says Netanyahu ‘no longer fit’ to lead Israel
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Israeli opposition leader and former army chief Gadi Eisenkot addresses a press conference in the central city of Ramat Gan on 14 August 2022 [JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images]
Just days before pivotal Israeli elections, opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot said Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “no longer fit” to lead the country, warning that his economic plan to counter potential international sanctions threatens national security, Anadolu reports.
On US social media company X, the Yashar party leader accused Netanyahu of turning his attention to “dismantling the Israeli economy for generations ahead” after “dismantling Israeli society and weakening the army.”
Eisenkot said Netanyahu’s recent remarks are “conclusive proof that he has lost touch with reality and moved into a world of delusions,” accusing him of proposing preparations to disconnect from the global financial system in response to Israel’s declining international standing.
“This is the madness of a man who is no longer fit to lead the country,” he said.
His comments came one day after Netanyahu said he had requested an economic plan involving alternative payment methods, including cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, in preparation for possible international economic and banking sanctions.
Netanyahu expressed concern about potential sanctions, including restrictions on the Israeli banking system.
Netanyahu did not say Israel would withdraw from the global economic system. The characterization of the proposal as economic isolation formed part of Eisenkot’s criticism.
Netanyahu also warned that US military aid would not last forever, urging Israel to prepare for its possible end and to strengthen military self-reliance.
– Warning against economic isolation
Eisenkot mocked the proposal as “Bibicoin,” combining Netanyahu’s nickname, Bibi, with his proposed use of alternative payment methods and financial technologies.
He questioned how Israeli technology companies serving foreign clients would receive payments or attract overseas investment if they had to bypass international banking and rely on cryptocurrencies.
He also questioned how international acquisitions of Israeli companies could proceed if the economy moved toward isolation from the global financial system.
He warned that this course could prompt Israeli companies to relocate abroad, cause losses in savings and investments, and encourage citizens to leave the country.
Eisenkot said the consequences could include fewer jobs and reduced resources for healthcare and education, ultimately harming national security.
“This is not an imagined nightmare scenario, but Netanyahu’s plan for Israel if he is reelected” on Tuesday, he said.
“This is a real warning. Israel will not withstand another four years like these.”
Cryptocurrencies cannot circumvent sanctions: Bank of Israel responds to Netanyahu
-Controversial remarks
Netanyahu’s remarks also drew criticism in Israeli political and economic circles.
Israeli media cited an unnamed senior economic official who said that using cryptocurrencies and alternative financial technologies to circumvent banking sanctions would not achieve the intended goal. The official warned that merely proposing such an approach could damage the economy.
The debate comes amid mounting international pressure on Israel for its war on the Gaza Strip, settlement expansion, and occupier attacks in the occupied West Bank.
The UK and other Western countries have taken measures against individuals and entities linked to Israeli settlements, while concerns have grown in Israel about broader economic and diplomatic pressure.
The exchanges also come ahead of Tuesday’s Knesset elections, in which Netanyahu and Eisenkot are competing to lead the next government.
In his post, Eisenkot urged Israelis to vote for “a better shared future.”
The former military chief is one of Netanyahu’s leading rivals, with the two sharply divided on security and economic policies, the country’s leadership, and its foreign relations.
Israeli politics also remains deeply divided on responsibility for the failures surrounding the October 2023 attack, the conduct of subsequent wars, military conscription, the economy, and relations with the US and other Western countries.
Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
25 October 2026
Why is the Middle East waiting out the Trump presidency?
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by Nouroz Khan Bijarani
An actor impersonating U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind symbolic prison bars set up inside an interactive billboard frame at Tajrish Square in Tehran, Iran. [Fatemeh Bahrami – Anadolu Agency]
There appears to be little prospect of lasting peace between Iran and the United States while Donald Trump remains in the White House. This is a view that an increasing number of serious actors across the region now seem to share. Eight months into Iran war, Washington has neither broken Tehran’s resolve nor found a clear path out. The president’s own remarks point to a narrowing set of options. Trump told TIME he does not believe peace with Iran is ever possible, a striking admission from the leader still expected to negotiate one.
Tehran, for its part, has set conditions it knows this administration cannot meet, insisting that sanctions and threats be lifted before talks resume and that not a single gram of enriched uranium leaves the country. Neither side is bargaining towards a settlement. Each is waiting for the political ground beneath the other to shift.
Trump’s problem is that the ground is shifting under him first, as the 3^rd November midterms approach with his approval rating near 39 per cent and crude trading above 110 dollars a barrel. The House has voted three times to restrict his war powers in Iran, with Republican candidates in competitive seats now campaigning openly on ending the war to lower petrol prices. Facing a likely defeat, the president has promised no strikes before polling day while Central Command has reportedly been told to prepare for resuming major combat operations. Therefore, it is quite likely that Trump may order striking Iran even before the mid-term day.
Analysts have noted that a Republican defeat could strengthen this incentive, as a president with little left to lose at the ballot box faces fewer costs for escalation. Yet such strikes would do little damage control, since a Politico survey found 46 per cent of voters said ending the war before the election would not change their vote at all. Iran has meanwhile fortified its nuclear sites and warned that regional energy infrastructure would be targeted, so any parting blow risks sending oil prices even higher.
The president’s own inner circle appears to have read the same numbers and is quietly positioning itself for the aftermath. Vice President JD Vance, reportedly sceptical from the outset, has kept his distance and this week declined to endorse Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s election.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, his chief rival for 2028, spent the same week in India on a trip devoted largely to trade rather than Iran.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, by contrast, made an unannounced visit to Israel a day after Trump endorsed Netanyahu, keeping himself firmly in the frame. Commentators suggested as early as April that Hegseth was being set up as the fall guy should the war end badly. His visibility since has only reinforced that impression.
READ: Trump’s Iran pause is for November
The Gulf states have reached the same conclusion. They are hedging accordingly against an American policy they no longer trust to last. The UAE joined the campaign against Iran in February, yet they opened a backchannel with Iranians lately after the realization that it is better to deal directly instead of relying on the US. Moreover, the UAE, by the virtue of being in support of the Saudis vis-à-vis Yemen, is trying to find a diplomatic way to lower tensions. It signals a striking reversal in barely eight months. Having absorbed thousands of Iranian missiles and drones, Abu Dhabi appears to be securing its own understandings before Washington’s next round begins.
Yemen shows how the burden is being shifted, since the United States has twice rebuffed Saudi requests for airstrikes against the Houthis and says it will not take kinetic action for now. Instead, the UAE has reportedly agreed to resume funding anti-Houthi forces in southern Yemen. This is an arrangement that lets Washington stay out while a partner carries the fight on its behalf.
Iran’s strategy rests on patience and its leaders appear confident they can absorb another year or so of American pressure before the political weather in Washington changes. Its posture towards Saudi Arabia fits this reading more closely than the images of burning airports suggest. Houthi strikes have killed at least 19 people at Saudi airports, and the Wall Street Journal has reported Revolutionary Guard officers helping to direct them. Yet within days of the deadliest attack, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called Riyadh to offer mediation with the Houthis and insist the crisis had no military solution.
The aim is not to destroy Saudi infrastructure but to convince the kingdom that American protection is unreliable and that any opening to Israel will carry a heavy price. Riyadh has begun to absorb that lesson, but the pressure is unlikely to ease while Trump remains in office and Tehran sees no reason to settle.
READ: Iran’s new military doctrine is designed to make victory meaningless
The real question is how Israel reacts to all this, both during the remainder of Netanyahu’s tenure and after it. Trump has endorsed Netanyahu so he can help “finish the job” against Iran, and Israel has reportedly asked that any renewed strikes wait until after its 27 October vote. Polls give Netanyahu’s coalition fewer than 50 of the 61 seats needed to govern, raising the prospect of a weakened caretaker with every reason to keep the Iran file burning.
A successor led by Gadi Eisenkot would hardly soften Israel’s line on the Iranian nuclear programme, but it might be less willing to tie national strategy to American president’s fortunes. Should Israel strike alone after an American exit, Gulf hedging would only accelerate and normalisation with Riyadh would recede further from view.
Tehran and the Gulf have made their calculations. Both now wait for a different figure in the Oval Office.
The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Monitor.
Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
25 October 2026
Israeli army turns Palestinian homes into military posts in West Bank city of Hebron
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Israeli army forcibly removes dozens of Palestinians from their homes during raids and detains numerous people in the city and surrounding settlements, in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine on October 24, 2026. [Wisam Hashlamoun – Anadolu Agency]
Israeli forces turned Palestinian homes into barracks and observation posts after forcing residents to leave the city of Hebron on Saturday, day two of a military operation in the southern occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, Anadolu reports.
Troops took over homes in the Khallat Manna and Dahiyat al-Zaytoun areas of southern Hebron to be used as barracks, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing sources.
They also forced residents from homes in other neighborhoods and used the properties as observation posts, said sources.
The evictions follow the forced displacement of hundreds of families since Friday, amid extensive raids, road closures, and tight restrictions on movement.
Near Bethlehem, Israeli forces blocked dirt roads leading to the town of Tuqu and fired tear gas and stun grenades toward Palestinian vehicles traveling along rough alternative routes, Wafa reported, citing Palestinian security sources.
The agency said ongoing closures across Bethlehem and surrounding towns and villages left Palestinians depending on unpaved roads to travel between communities.
Israeli forces sealed off Hebron and nearby Halhul on Friday after two Palestinians attacked an Israeli checkpoint. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three others wounded, while Israeli forces killed both attackers, according to Israeli figures.
The army announced Friday that its operation could last several days, involving house searches, interrogations, and efforts to locate weapons and “terrorist infrastructure.”
The occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has seen escalating Israeli military attacks and occupier violence since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023
The attacks have included killing and detaining Palestinians, demolishing homes and other structures, burning mosques and vehicles, bulldozing farmland, preventing farmers from accessing their fields, and displacing Palestinian communities, alongside illegal settlement expansion.
READ: UK urged to impose ‘full sanctions and political isolation’ of Israel over situation in West Bank
Donald Trump sings and dances, says that it’s fun to kill everyone … unless he gets distracted or falls asleep.
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham admits to blatently lying and engaging in deception to become leader of the UK Labour Party and Prime Minister.
Ed Miliband says that he and the Labour Party are full of shit criminalising people holding signs as terrorists despite anything he says.

Andy Burnham stands with Israel
25 October 2026
Alleged Killer of Gazan 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab Goes on Holiday in the US
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https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/22/alleged-killer-of-gazan-5-year-old-hind-rajab-goes-on-holiday-in-the-us/
Hind Rajab’s family
He went to an ice hockey game.
The Israeli military commander accused of ordering the killing of Hind Rajab has been on holiday in the US – prompting calls for his arrest.
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a request to the US Department of Justice on 19 October to prosecute Sean Glass, who they accuse of war crimes and genocide in Gaza.
Glass recently uploaded photos and videos to social media from New York’s Central Park and Times Square, as well as an ice hockey game at Madison Square Gardens.
The foundation alleged that Glass commanded the “Vampire Empire” company of the Israeli military’s 52nd Armored Battalion, whose troops were implicated in the 2024 killing of five-year-old Rajab, alongside members of her family and paramedics sent to rescue them.
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https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/22/alleged-killer-of-gazan-5-year-old-hind-rajab-goes-on-holiday-in-the-us/
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
25 October 2026
This Politician Posted a Quote About Palestinian Resistance. Now France Is Dragging Her Through the Courts
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https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/19/this-politician-posted-a-quote-about-palestinian-resistance-now-france-is-dragging-her-through-the-courts/
French MEP Rima Hassan appears at Paris criminal court on charges of glorifying terrorism online. Abdul Saboor/Reuters
‘The trial of the century for freedom of expression.’
For the last three years, Rima Hassan has watched in horror as thousands of people have been killed in her family’s homeland. The French jurist and La France Insoumise (LFI) MEP, who was born stateless in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria, is one of France’s most outspoken critics of both Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the complicity of Europe’s governments.
Now, she could be sent to prison over a post on social media.
In March, Hassan posted a quotation on X/Twitter attributed to Kōzō Okamoto, a member of the Japanese Red Army who took part in a 1972 attack on an Israeli airport in which 26 people were killed.
“I gave my youth to the Palestinian cause,” Okamoto’s quotation read. “As long as there is oppression, resistance will not only be a right, but a duty.”
Far-right National Rally politician Matthias Renault, interior minister Laurent Nuñez and two French pro-Israel lobby groups reported Hassan to prosecutors for apologie du terrorisme (the glorification of terrorism) – a criminal offence. Hassan denied the charges and said her main goal had been to share a quotation about the “philosophy of resistance”, and that she couldn’t be accused of glorifying terrorism for doing so.
Hassan’s trial began on 19 October. If found guilty, she could be sentenced to up to seven years in prison and fined €100,000 under French law. Her situation, she said, is the latest in a series of legal and political battles in France over solidarity with Palestine.
“People who stand in solidarity with Palestine are labelled as terrorists because it [this label] is the only instrument that allows them to silence concrete opposition and activism,” Hassan told Novara Media ahead of her trial.
This isn’t the first time the French state has brought the full force of its institutional machinery against Hassan. 22 legal proceedings have been initiated against her in the last two years in connection with her political views (six have been closed by prosecutors without questioning, 13 after questioning and three remain open). In September, a separate trial in relation to two social media posts from 2025 was adjourned.
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Continues at https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/19/this-politician-posted-a-quote-about-palestinian-resistance-now-france-is-dragging-her-through-the-courts/
Keir Starmer objects to criticism of the IDF. He asks how could anyone object to them starving people to death, forced marches like the Nazis did, bombing Gaza’s hospitals and universities, mass-murdering journalists, healthworkers and starving people queuing for food, killing and raping prisoners and murdering children. He calls for people to stop obstructing his genocide for Israel. New Labour UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham continues Labour party policy of active support and complicity in Israel’s genocide.
25 October 2026

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