Once the conflict ends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could lose office over the October 6, 2023 attacks, and then face pending legal issues, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Mick Mulroy says.
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00:00And we've had analysts on this program who've said that when the fighting stops, some of
00:06Benjamin Netanyahu's legal woes might start to catch up with him.
00:09Do you think that's a factor that's present in his mind with regards to bringing about
00:14an end to this war?
00:15Of course, I can't read his mind, but I would agree with your other analysts that it certainly
00:19could be a factor.
00:20If he's no longer the prime minister, then the legal issues that he had going that were
00:26paused essentially could happen.
00:28And if he's no longer in this conflict, then of course we're going to get to a point where
00:34people are going to assess fully everything that happened that led to this successful
00:39terrorist attack on October 7th, and of course whether he should be held responsible for
00:44any of that happening, and potentially pick a new prime minister.
00:50And if that is the case, and he's no longer the prime minister, then it's assumed that
00:53the legal issues he had before would resume and he could face the consequences of those.
00:59So I think both of those could be, just looking at it as an analyst, could be a factor in
01:05how he views the war going forward, and more important than what I think, I think there's
01:09Israelis that think that there is a political interest in Prime Minister Netanyahu continuing
01:17this fight to remain in office.