Netanyahu Clings Precariously to Power

“Facing growing calls for a new hostage release deal and a clear strategy for postwar Gaza — on the outs with the Israeli public, squeezed by his own government and increasingly at odds with Washington — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself in deep political peril,” the Washington Post reports.

“But you wouldn’t have known it as he stepped to the lectern Wednesday night to tout his new mantra of ‘total victory’ in Gaza — projecting the same confidence that has carried him through six terms, 16 years and countless scandals as the country’s longest-serving leader.”