
<p>A no-nonsense Benjamin Netanyahu shut down CNN anchor Dana Bash for trying to bait him into taking &#8220;personal responsibility&#8221; for Hamas&#8217; deadly and barbaric attack on October 7.</p>



<p>On CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Bash claimed &#8220;multiple people inside Israel&#8221; reached out to her knowing she was preparing to interview Netanyahu, wanting to know why he is not taking &#8220;personal responsibility for failing to prevent the October 7 attacks and protecting your people.&#8221; Bash did not name any of those people, but she still aired their alleged grievances.</p>



<p>&#8220;Why won&#8217;t you take responsibility now?&#8221; she asked Netanyahu.</p>



<p>But Netanyahu promptly shut down the question. He told Bash he will address that question after the war, and when she pressed harder, the Israeli PM cited America&#8217;s own history.</p>



<p>&#8220;Did people ask Franklin Roosevelt after Pearl Harbor that question? Did people ask George Bush after the surprise attack of [September] 11?&#8221; Netanyahu responded.</p>



<p>&#8220;I have said we&#8217;re going to answer all these questions, including me. I&#8217;m going to be asked tough questions,&#8221; he continued.</p>



<p>&#8220;Right now, I think what we have to do is unite the country for one purpose, one purpose alone, and that is to achieve victory,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;That&#8217;s what I did. We formed a unity government, where the country is united as never before. And I think that&#8217;s what we have to pursue. And what the people expect me to do right now is two things: One, achieve this victory and bring the hostages back, and, second, assure that Gaza never becomes a threat to Israel again.&#8221;</p>



<p>Without a doubt, Netanyahu and Israel are not responsible ;<em>for what Hamas did</em>.</p>



<p>Moreover, it&#8217;s important to remember that Netanyahu has been PM for less than a year, while Hamas ;said ;it planned the attack for more than two years. This fact alone hinders any narrative that the left-wing media seeks to formulate that blames Netanyahu.</p>



<p>Still, regarding matters of national security, the buck stops at the top. In the CNN interview, Netanyahu acknowledged that asking difficult questions is important, but there is a time and a place for such inquiries — and, for Israel, that time and place is not the middle of a war.</p>

Netanyahu Shuts Down CNN Anchor Who Try to Pin Blame for October 7 on Him!
