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The latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver tackles Israel, specifically Benjamin Netanyahu, his effect on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and his longstanding corruption charges.

“It is impossible to overstate the death and suffering Netanyahu’s decisions have caused,” said Oliver. “To the over 65,000 Palestinians who are dead, the thousands of children who are amputees, and the thousands more who are starving, but also to the Israeli hostages who’ve either died or are still being held because of his refusal to prioritize their safety and freedom.”

Oliver outlined Netanyahu’s “increasingly unfavourable” ratings both in Israel and the US, and talked of how the PM has aligned himself with extremist figures within the Israeli government. Extremists like Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who said “it may be just and moral” to starve Gazans.

The host explained why Netanyahu’s allegations of corruption are at the heart of current events, capping off this episode with the following: “It is worth asking: Just who is Netanyahu really looking out for? Is it the people of Israel, who’ve been put at risk by endless war? Or is it the man who’s spent 17 years as prime minister and seems willing to do whatever it takes to squeeze out a few more?”

As is the Last Week Tonight way, this episode manages to address a weighty topic and comprehensively distill it to its essence, masterfully delving into an urgent matter, outlining the “horrific” outcomes of the war, and highlighting how clear it is that Netanyahu is "desperate to stay in power – and will do whatever it takes.”

Many of the arguments and facts laid out in the episode are delved into in further detail in a must-see 2024 documentary from Alexis Bloom, titled The Bibi Files.

In fact, this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight uses a clip from the documentary, which features lea