Israel criticized Netanyahu for obeying Trump's will on Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was criticized at home for refusing to attack the Lebanese Hezbollah group in Beirut after a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump. This was reported on June 2 by the Financial Times newspaper.
Netanyahu was criticized by both allies and opponents after he failed to follow through on his threats to bomb Hezbollah targets in Beirut under intense pressure from US President Donald Trump.
As the newspaper recalls, on the morning of June 1, Netanyahu ordered the military to bomb targets in the Lebanese capital in response to Hezbollah drone strikes in northern Israel. This decision "further aggravated the already crumbling truce between the two sides." However, after a phone conversation between Netanyahu and Trump later in the evening, Israeli forces abandoned the attack on Beirut.
According to the newspaper, this concession by Netanyahu has provoked criticism from across the political spectrum amid growing discontent in Israel over its inability to neutralize Hezbollah. Polls show that the majority of Israelis favor "more aggressive actions against this militant group."
On June 2, Trump announced that Netanyahu and representatives of Hezbollah had agreed to stop the shelling following conversations with both sides. The American leader expressed the hope that the agreement between the two sides would last "forever."
Later, Axios reported that Trump, in a telephone conversation with Netanyahu, sharply criticized his actions in the Middle East, calling the Israeli prime minister "crazy." It was noted that the American leader was concerned about the large number of civilian deaths, as well as the destruction of entire buildings in order to eliminate several commanders of the Shiite Hezbollah movement.
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