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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont Senior international correspondent

In a war with no winners, Netanyahu looks like the biggest loser

Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference: he stands next to a white flag with the blue Israeli star, which contrasts with his bright red tie.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents point to an unprecedented ‘political disaster’, with the ceasefire a ‘strategic failure’. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

In a war where there have been no winners, Israel’s prime minister looks set to be the biggest loser entering a fragile and vague ceasefire with Iran.

After years of Benjamin Netanyahu’s threats against Iran, his stunts at the UN’s general assembly, the dodgy dossiers endlessly wafted under the noses of the world’s media, and diplomatic pressure on successive US presidents to agree to a war against Iran, Israel’s conflict has turned out to be a bust.

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