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Moshe Feiglin says Netanyahu should have resigned after October 7
Moshe Feiglin says Netanyahu should have resigned after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Feiglin said Netanyahu was responsible for the security failures, though he added that others were also at fault.
Netanyahu has not accepted direct responsibility and has blamed security chiefs; he has also resisted calls for a state commission to investigate.
Feiglin’s Zehut faction is part of a joint election slate with Religious Zionism, a party allied with Netanyahu.
The joint slate holds six seats, but it may not join the next government.
President Isaac Herzog has asked Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu’s main challenger, to try to form a government, though his chances are uncertain.
Moshe Feiglin said Benjamin Netanyahu should have resigned after the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023.
Feiglin told 103FM that Netanyahu was responsible for the security failures surrounding the attack.
He said Netanyahu was not the only one at fault but had been “head of the system” for much of the past three decades.
Feiglin also accused Netanyahu of deciding on October 7 not to win the ensuing war in Gaza.
Netanyahu has not accepted direct responsibility for the October 7 catastrophe and has blamed security chiefs for failures surrounding it.
- Who
- Moshe Feiglin, a former lawmaker and leader of the Zehut faction, criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- What
- Feiglin said Netanyahu should have resigned after the October 7 attack and accused him of not intending to win the ensuing war in Gaza.
- When
- Feiglin made the comments on Monday, November 9, 2026.
- Where
- In an interview with Israel’s 103FM radio station.
- Why
- Feiglin said Netanyahu was responsible for the security debacle surrounding the attack.
Moshe Feiglin
Benjamin Netanyahu
Responsibility for October 7
Moshe Feiglin
Feiglin said Netanyahu was responsible for the security debacle, though not alone.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu has not accepted direct responsibility and has sought to blame Israel’s security chiefs for the failures.
Resignation
Moshe Feiglin
Feiglin said Netanyahu should have resigned after the attack.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu has resisted calls for a statutory state commission of inquiry into the debacle.
Hamas-led forces launched an attack that Feiglin described as a security debacle.
Feiglin’s grandson Yair Levin was killed fighting in Gaza.
Feiglin and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed an agreement for a joint run in the Knesset elections.
President Isaac Herzog gave Yashar party chief Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form a government.
Feiglin told 103FM that Netanyahu should have resigned after October 7.
- Radio station
- 103FM
- Attack date
- October 7, 2023
- Netanyahu’s time as prime minister
- 19 years in total since 1996
- Joint slate
- Religious Zionism and Zehut
- Seats held by slate
- 6
- Figure given first chance to form a government
- Gadi Eisenkot
What people are saying
head of the system
not to win
The left’s flip-flop really doesn’t surprise me