Livni: Netanyahu damaged Israel's deterrence capability

Zionist Camp's deputy chief Tzipi Livni criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for hurting Israel's international standing by alienating the Arab world. "I asked to recruit the world to the cause and to pass a message to the moderate Arab world – the one that does not want Hezbollah to rear its head – to join the coalition against the Islamists."

"The option was available during Operation Protective Edge as well, but Netanyahu hesitated, stuttered, and spurned the opportunity to end the mission in a way that the whole world agreed on the demilitarization of Gaza. Netanyahu has hurt Israel's deterrence capability," she told Ynet.