Overview

• John Oliver devoted roughly 30 minutes of Last Week Tonight to a blistering critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, portraying him as fixated on power at the expense of ending the Gaza war.
• Oliver said Netanyahu is 'personally responsible for keeping this war going' and accused him of catering to far-right coalition partners including Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben‑Gvir.
• The segment revisited Netanyahu’s corruption trials and his 2023 push to curb Israel’s Supreme Court, casting both as efforts to secure his political survival.
• To underscore humanitarian costs, the monologue cited a UN inquiry’s genocide finding and WHO‑cited IPC analysis reporting more than 500,000 Gazans trapped in famine.
• The episode aired as Netanyahu visited the White House to meet President Trump, drew an immediate rebuttal from Breitbart disputing key claims, and was not available to stream in Israel according to Haaretz.