Netanyahu: The Architect of Israel’s Self-Inflicted Ruin

Netanyahu: The Architect of Israel’s Self-Inflicted Ruin

 The so-called “State of Israel,” a fake political entity forged through colonial violence and sustained by apartheid, now teeters on the precipice of its most existential crisis since its illegitimate inception. Besieged by the largest war in its 75-year history of occupation and ethnic cleansing, the Israeli regime is simultaneously unraveling from within, torn asunder by unprecedented political fractures, societal disillusionment, and the catastrophic leadership of Benjamin Netanyahu—a man whose legacy may ultimately be etched as the destroyer of Zionism’s own temple.

A Regime Unmasked

Since Netanyahu’s return to power in 2022, helming the most far-right, racist coalition in Israel’s history, the apartheid state has descended into a vortex of self-destruction. His government, a grotesque amalgamation of ultranationalists, settler fanatics, and incompetents mired in corruption scandals, has inflamed every fissure in Israeli society—political, economic, and moral. From day one, mass protests erupted across occupied Palestine, a visceral rejection of Netanyahu’s authoritarian ambitions and his cabal’s brazen assault on democracy. Yet, undeterred by the will of the people, Netanyahu has doubled down on policies that threaten to immolate Israel from within.

Judicial Sabotage and the Death of Democratic Facades

The spark igniting this powder keg was Netanyahu’s judicial “reforms”—an ugly euphemism for a legislative coup designed to neuter the judiciary’s oversight and cement his grip on power. Over 70% of Israeli settlers now distrust his government, while 50% oppose these reforms, recognizing them as a tyrannical power grab. Benny Gantz, the former Israeli war minister and once a Netanyahu ally, warned that the prime minister’s actions risked “civil war,” accusing him of shredding Israel’s “Iron Dome” and eroding its security. Yet Netanyahu pressed on, weaponizing the Knesset to dismantle checks on his authority, plunging the regime into a constitutional crisis that persists to this day.

October 7, 2023: A Catastrophe of Netanyahu’s Making

The horrors of October 7, 2023, laid bare the rot at the core of Netanyahu’s leadership. Hebrew-language media and Zionist analysts—hardly critics of the occupation—have unanimously indicted Netanyahu for this historic security failure. A damning pre-war intelligence report, presented to Netanyahu in August 2023 by his own military advisor, Maj. Gen. Avi Gil, warned of Hamas’ readiness to exploit Israel’s internal divisions and military unpreparedness. Netanyahu ignored it. Yair Lapid, opposition leader, testified that the prime minister’s obsession with judicial overhauls and political survival blinded him to looming threats, leaving Israel vulnerable to a devastating attack.

A War of Vanity and Existential Reckoning

Eight months into Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, Netanyahu’s “total victory” lies in ruins. Military experts, including retired Gen. Yitzhak Brik, concede that Hamas cannot be eradicated, and that Israel’s campaign—marked by over 40,000 Palestinian deaths, vast tracts of Gaza reduced to rubble, and global condemnation—has only strengthened Palestinian resistance. Brik’s bleak assessment: “The distance between us and dismantling Hamas is as vast as the East is from the West.” Soldiers perish daily, hostages languish in tunnels, and Netanyahu, desperate to evade accountability, prolongs the bloodshed. For the prime minister, war is no longer a strategy—it is a lifeline.

The Third Temple’s Destroyer: Israel Turns on Its Leader

Today, the streets of occupied Palestine seethe with rage. Protesters, including families of hostages and military veterans, demand Netanyahu’s ouster, branding him “the destroyer of the Third Temple”—a scathing indictment of his role in Israel’s implosion. His approval ratings have cratered; his coalition fractures. Yet Netanyahu clings to power, manipulating the war to silence dissent, purge security institutions, and resurrect his judicial coup. Critics, including Zionist elites, now warn that Netanyahu—not Iran, Hezbollah, or Hamas—poses the gravest threat to Israel’s existence.

Conclusion: Zionism’s Death Spiral

The prognosis is dire. Israel, once mythologized as an “indestructible” fortress, now faces a terminal crisis of legitimacy. Its economy staggers under the weight of militarism. Its global isolation deepens. Its youth flee. And its apartheid system, long condemned as a crime against humanity, faces unprecedented grassroots resistance. Netanyahu’s Israel is a pariah state, morally bankrupt and politically adrift—a cautionary tale of how ethno-nationalist chauvinism, when left unchecked, consumes its architects.

The seeds of Zionism’s collapse were sown not by external enemies, but by its own leaders. Netanyahu, the ultimate manifestation of this decay, has accelerated the demise. As protests swell and Gaza’s resistance outlives his bombs, one truth becomes inescapable: The “Third Temple” Netanyahu claims to defend is crumbling, and he—its chief zealot—will be buried in the rubble. The world watches as a rogue regime, blinded by supremacy and led by a maniacal figurehead, marches toward its inevitable end. History’s verdict is clear: Netanyahu’s Israel is a failed state, and its final chapter will be written not by the oppressed it sought to erase, but by the resilience of those it could never conquer.

By: M. M. Gholami