The Clock Is Now Ticking On Netanyahu’s Political Future

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is bracing for a fight to stay in power as he heads toward his first election since a Hamas-led attack shocked the country and plunged it into nearly three years of war,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The country’s longest-serving leader, who has held the prime minister’s officer, on and off, for a total of almost two decades, oversaw one of the most tumultuous periods in its history in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. Since then, he has faced criticism over his handling of the wars in Gaza, Iran and Lebanon and Israel’s souring relations with the West, but also for a host of deeply divisive domestic issues that have split the electorate.”

“Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, was dissolved Friday, paving the way for a vote in late October.”