80% of Israelis believe that Benjamin Netanyahu is incompetent or responsible for the security breach.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources support the figure: a Maariv poll reported 80% of Israelis said Netanyahu should publicly take responsibility for the Oct. 7 failures (2023), and a later Channel 12 poll reported 83% said he bears at least some responsibility.
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… for the British, but the divisions among Palestinians are normal, just like in the Jewish case, and the comments that Netanyahu made would automatically imply that, in any kind of invasion, they would blame him, which is exactly what they're doing right now. 80% of Israelis believe that Netanyahu is incompetent, if not behind it, then certainly did nothing to stop it. So, if his real goal was to unify the country and all the rest, guarantee American assistance, well, there was a guarantee to that anyway. He was really bad at it. The truth is that, you know, Hamas is not these street thugs. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. A Maariv poll conducted Oct. 18–19, 2023 found 80% of Israelis say Netanyahu should publicly accept responsibility for the Oct. 7 security failures.[1][2]
Supports. A recent Channel 12 poll cited by MS NOW found 83% of voters say Netanyahu bears at least some degree of responsibility for Oct. 7, with only 8% saying he does not.[3]
Context. The 2023 poll asked whether Netanyahu should take responsibility, not whether he is incompetent, so the claim's wording is a paraphrase of the responsibility question rather than a measured belief.[1][2]
Context. The 80% figure in the claim is drawn from 2023 polling, while the claim is dated 2026-10-01; the 2026 Channel 12 poll's exact date is not given in the sources.[1][3]
Context. No source contradicts the claim that a large majority holds Netanyahu responsible; the extraction faithfully reproduces the post's wording.
Sources
3 sources: 3 not rated
- 1Poll: 80% of Israelis say Netanyahu must publicly take responsibility ...timesofisrael.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 2Most Israelis think Netanyahu responsible for failing to prevent Hamas attack: Pollstraitstimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Netanyahu’s leadership since the Oct. 7 attacks is tested as ...ms.now · not rated · cited for: supports, context
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