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In Israel, Netanyahu’s ultimate legacy is the opposition he has forged

As Israel heads to the polls, PM Netanyahu’s most enduring domestic legacy may be the right-wing opposition he faces.
Opinion

Netanyahu vs Bar: Who called who is fascinating, but both ignored the writing on the wall

The October 7 disaster was a decade or more in the making, especially with contributions of failures by both the political leadership and the entire defense establishment.
The Forward

Netanyahu and Lapid vie for a critical title: Who is Israel’s most adept U.S. whisperer?

(JTA) — WASHINGTON – Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Yair Lapid, the leader of his opposition, are in Washington, ostensibly to attend the funeral of one of the staunchest ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Is Netanyahu’s beef with Mamdani helping him politically?

The Israeli prime minister is making the New York mayor a central bogeyman this election season. Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly this year came at a critical time ...
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Netanyahu, who set policy and held the levers of power, now seeks to pin all blame for October 7 on others

Nobody in Israel — literally nobody — has seriously claimed that Israel’s security chiefs were not profoundly to blame for the failure to prevent the Hamas-led invasion, massacre and abductions of ...
The Forward

In upcoming Israeli election, Netanyahu is preparing to blame a loss on conspiracy

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, retired Maj. Gen. Yair Golan woke to sirens and reports of something terrible happening in southern Israel. At around 8 a.m., as the scale of the Hamas invasion was ...
nytimes.com

Israel’s Election Campaign Is Heating Up. Here’s Who’s Running.

The contest is shaping up to be a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It is considered the most consequential in Israel’s history. By Johnatan Reiss Reporting from Tel Aviv Israel’s ...