The democrat U.S. President Joe Biden has to have realized by now that the Trump-like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t only a clear and present danger to the well-being of those living in Israel, the Palestinian areas of Gaza and the West Bank, the neighboring Arab countries of Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon but of U.S. interests as well. There should be a limit to how much needless, superfluous harm that one body can inflict to those around him before something is done.

Anyone who has the power to end his reign of terror on others needs to step up to the task, and that includes US President Biden, the powerful dissenters who surround him and the Israelis peoples, themselves.

See: Netanyahu won’t step down. These are the other ways to oust him/ Haaretz

Yes, the Iranian backed terrorist members of Hamas who govern Palestinians in Gaza have to also be made to step down from power. This is the group responsible for the October 7, 2023 brutal massacre against Israelis, where 1,200 were killed and 240 were taken hostage and the proximate cause for the horror that’s being imposed on Gazans in return.

Arab neighbors like Egypt and Qatar have been trying to negotiate a cease-fire deal between Israel and Palestine. So far, all proposals have been rejected as Hamas refuses give in to Israel’s demand for them to step down from power and Israel refuses Hamas’s ultimatum for a permanent cease-fire.

How about an offer for a cease-fire where all remaining hostages held by Hamas are freed/ returned in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, if both the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his extreme right coalition partners and Hamas governing members from Gaza step down from power. A strengthened Palestinian Authority can govern in Gaza.

The following Guardian articles explain why it’s past time for the Israeli prime minister to be ousted from his leadership position.

As per the December 15, 2023 Guardian opinion piece by Jonathan Freedland, “There’s only one way out of this Gaza war and Netanyahu is blocking it. Joe Biden must force him from power:

Excerpts:

“There are multiple reasons why the avowedly pro-Israel Biden should want Netanyahu out but start with what happens in Gaza the day after Hamas rule ends. The Israeli leader says he will not countenance any involvement by the Palestinian Authority in running Gaza, not least because that’s what the US is pushing for – and Netanyahu reckons standing up to Washington plays well with his base. But his refusal amounts to ruling out the involvement of any Palestinians at all in running Gaza.”

“If it’s not Hamas and it’s not Fatah, the movement that dominates the (Palestinian) Authority, there’s no other substantial Palestinian group left. By opposing Biden’s plan, Netanyahu implies that the only acceptable options for Gaza are rule by a coalition of Arab states – which don’t want the job and would certainly refuse it without Palestinian participation – or reoccupation by Israel. One is implausible, the other unacceptable.”

“Netanyahu’s position is that Israel cannot entertain anything that looks like a step toward Palestinian statehood.”

“For the core criticism of Netanyahu is that he is thinking not of Israel’s national interest at a time of war, but rather his own political future. Given that he is on trial on corruption charges that could put him in jail, he is desperate to cling to the job that will keep him out.”

And so he behaves in ways that damage his country but which, he believes, will help him. He devotes precious time and energy to ensuring it is Israel’s military and intelligence chiefs who get blamed for the appalling failures that made 7 October possible – even though the evidence is stark that he himself ignored the warnings of “a clear and present danger” that were put in front of him. He has stayed away from the funerals of the victims of 7 October, and has barely met the families of the bereaved, fearing they would slam him in public.

And he has sat back as members of his far-right coalition make unspeakable threats – calling for Gaza to be erased or burned – and while his security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has a conviction on terrorism charges, hands out weapons to his fellow extremists and encourages settlers as they provoke yet more conflict and violence in the West Bank. All of this is a disaster for Palestinians most obviously, but also for Israel as it seeks to maintain the international support Biden rightly said it is losing.”

That is the heart of the matter. Israel is led by a man who is fighting only for himself. Which is why one of the heroes of 7 October, retired general Noam Tibon – now famous for grabbing a weapon, jumping in his car and heading down south to rescue his son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren from the Hamas men who were poised to kill them – told me: “Benjamin Netanyahu is a huge danger to the state of Israel. While he is in the prime minister’s chair, we cannot win this war.”

“Biden may well agree with that analysis. He has no affection for Netanyahu; before 7 October, he refused even to grant him a White House meeting. And yet, he may be wary of acting on that sentiment if it means meddling in the domestic affairs of an ally. But he should put those fears aside.”

“The times are different now, to be sure. But Biden has a power to influence events in Israel matched by no one else.”

As per the January 20, 2024 Guardian publication of The Observer editorial, “The Observer view on Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel needs a change of course and leadership:”

Excerpts:

“It was plain long before the 7 October attacks that Israel badly needed a change of leadership. That need is now urgent. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, should have resigned over the security failures surrounding the Hamas massacre, when about 1,200 Israelis were murdered. Instead, he has blamed others. Netanyahu argued the crisis required him to stay and lead a war to destroy the terrorists. He has repeatedly promised “total victory” and the freeing of Israeli hostages. But he has repeatedly failed to deliver.”

“The ongoing violence is unprecedented, Hamas is undefeated, many innocents remain in captivity, and government and country are split over tactics and a long-term settlement. Netanyahu must go.”

“The invasion and occupation of Gaza, launched in late October, is turning into a disaster for Israel. It already is a disaster for Palestinians, nearly 25,000 of whom have been killed, according to local health ministry figures. The UN warned last week that 2.2 million people face famine conditions, exacerbated by Israel’s unceasing attacks and obstruction of humanitarian aid. Most homes in the north are uninhabitable. Gaza is now termed the most dangerous place on Earth for children. Such misery is indescribable and a reproach to all.”

“The disaster engulfing Israel has unfolded more slowly following the immediate shock of 7 October – but, in many ways, is no less existential. The public no longer feels safe, President Isaac Herzog admits. Confidence in the country’s political leadership, already low, and its security forces and intelligence agencies has been severely shaken. Netanyahu’s “total war” in Gaza has stoked conflict in the occupied West Bank, with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. Israel now faces a multi-arena struggle that may last for months and result in many more deaths.”

“Netanyahu’s war has set back the Abraham accords normalisation process between Israel and Gulf Arab states. It has isolated the country internationally to an extraordinary degree, judging by recent votes at the UN general assembly. Israel stands accused in the Hague of committing acts of genocide, which it denies. Relations with friendly European countries, whose impassioned calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza it rejects, are badly strained. Significantly, Netanyahu is now in open dispute with the US, Israel’s most important ally, aid provider and arms supplier.”

“Many Israelis are appalled by Netanyahu’s selfish, destructive behaviour. Internal pressure for a change of prime minister and a change in Israel’s war and post-war strategies is building rapidly. Opinion polls suggest the public no longer trusts Netanyahu and wants him gone. The standing of his Likud party has plunged, too. It is plain to almost everyone that the prime minister’s reliance on far-right extremist ministers to hold his coalition together is distorting sensible decision-making. Opposition parties are clamouring for early elections.”

“This necessary and overdue domestic debate reached a new level of intensity last week following a dramatic intervention by Gadi Eisenkot, an observer member of the war cabinet and former army chief of staff. Eisenkot said the release of the remaining hostages must be the immediate priority, and for this to happen a ceasefire was required. He accused Netanyahu of misleading Israelis by claiming Hamas could be eliminated. Urgent attention should be paid to the shape of a post-war political settlement, he said.”

“Perhaps Netanyahu genuinely believes a two-state solution could not work. Perhaps he hopes, by adopting a hardline stance, he can persuade Israelis that he, despite leading them into disaster, is still their best hope of future security. Perhaps he thinks this will save his job until a second Trump presidency comes to his rescue. He’s wrong on all counts. Netanyahu is no partner for peace. He is its enemy. Now is the moment for the Biden administration, Britain and all of Israel’s friends to tell him to get out of the way. Now is the moment for Israelis to throw him out.”