Overview

• On Last Week Tonight, Oliver devoted roughly 30 minutes to accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of clinging to power and said removing him could help end Gaza’s suffering and bring hostages home.
• Oliver tied Netanyahu’s political survival to alliances with hard-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, revisited long-running corruption cases, and criticized a 2023 push to weaken Israel’s Supreme Court.
• He argued Netanyahu bears personal responsibility for keeping the Gaza war going, alleging appeasement of coalition hardliners and past moves that benefited from a politically divided Palestinian leadership.
• The segment cited international findings, including a UN inquiry’s genocide determination and a WHO-cited IPC analysis reporting more than half a million people in Gaza in famine, with Doctors Without Borders suspending work due to security risks.
• Conservative pushback quickly followed, with Breitbart disputing several claims, as Netanyahu prepares to meet President Donald Trump at the White House for talks on ending the war in Gaza.