This Independence Day, we must free Israel from its leadership

Netanyahu's Israel is a broken, divided and ostracized country and desperately needs fundamental change. It needs a leadership that will seek compromise, that promotes peace with its enemies and peace at home for all its citizens

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This Independence Day, we must free Israel from its leadership

Netanyahu's Israel is a broken, divided and ostracized country and desperately needs fundamental change. It needs a leadership that will seek compromise, that promotes peace with its enemies and peace at home for all its citizens

12:33 AM • April 21 2026 IDT

After two Independence Days that were observed during wartime, Israel's 78th Independence Day falls at the height of a cease-fire. But the cease-fire wasn't an Israeli initiative that reflected a desire to stop making war and promote diplomacy. The cease-fire was forced on Israel – on every front – by U.S. President Donald Trump, who effectively seized the reins of sovereignty from Israel's government and prime minister.

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