As the war in Gaza drags on and the death count continues to climb, the Opinion columnist Thomas Friedman has some harsh words for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. “I believe Bibi Netanyahu will go down as not only the worst prime minister in Israel’s history. I think he’ll go down as the worst leader in Jewish history,” Friedman says. In this audio essay, he argues that Netanyahu’s refusal to work with the Palestinian Authority in Gaza could doom the Jewish state.
(A full transcript of this audio essay will be available within 24 hours of publication in the audio player above.)
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