Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog speaks to the press. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
“The Iran deal will pass, the world is running to Iran to do business and open embassies, and no one is listening to Israel.”
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to accomplish anything in the first 100 days of his government, opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Monday after crossing the 100 day anniversary of the swearing-in of the cabinet.
Herzog posted the criticism on his Facebook page, because the Knesset is currently on its extended summer recess and there has not been a public event this week in which he could speak.
“Netanyahu’s government has 100 days in power, zero shame, zero security, zero diplomatic initiative, zero in the fight against the cost of living and housing, and zero in preventing the nuclearization of Iran,” Herzog said. “After 100 days, it is traditional to start soul searching. After 100 days and nine years, Netanyahu still has not brought security. There are no plans, only terrorist attacks.”
Herzog said the 2015-2016 state budget, which was the main focus of the first 100 days of Netanyahu’s government, would not lower the cost of living or housing. He said preventing Iran’s nuclearization, which has been the main goal of Netanyahu’s career, also took a main step backward.
“The Iran deal will pass, the world is running to Iran to do business and open embassies, and no one is listening to Israel,” Herzog said. “Netanyahu has failed at the one issue that has been on his table the entire nine years he has been in power.”
Israel Democracy Institute president Yohanan Plesner, a former Kadima MK, also criticized Netanyahu’s handling of his first 100 days. Plesner pointed out that the term “First 100 Days” came into usage as a measure of the success of a new administration in 1933 in the United States, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt rolled out his “New Deal” program, which became the gold standard of success for future presidents.