Netanyahu's fronts in his latest war

In an objective evaluation of the phenomenon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it is not right to underestimate his personal talents, the most important of which is his ability to remain in the position of authority or opposition, even if the entire universe conspires against him.

Just as a reminder, something happened to him and with him, especially in his current term, that would have been enough to overthrow someone else if he had been in his place.

Before the Gaza war, the majority of Israelis united against him, in demonstrations that closed all cities, and forced him to travel from his home to the airport by military helicopter, even though the distance was only a few kilometers. The doors of the White House, where the inevitable baptism of any Israeli prime minister was, were closed to him, and his established position as king of Israel was shattered when His throne was shaken by the possibility of the withdrawal of two or three members from his majority in the Knesset.

Although the “Al-Aqsa Flood” embodied a real disaster for the Hebrew state, Netanyahu saw in it his desired goal, as it brought the masters and masters of the White House to him instead of him going to them, and he formed government circles under various names, not for the sake of managing the war that he initiated against them. Gaza, but in order to consolidate its leadership lists and legitimize its retention of the primary leadership, and its centrality in policy and war decisions.

However, what was possible to happen as a result of the shock that occurred on October 7, 2023, was not enough to restore his old position, so he entered a new stage in his political life, the stage of de facto leadership, and at the same time the stage of steady decline in his position, whether... Within his party or coalition, or his opponents, or the alliances of the Hebrew deep state.

He is now still in the center of the game, but the players around him are treating him as an inheritance project. Outside his coalition stand Gantz, Lapid, and even Lieberman, Sa’ar and others, and inside him stand Galant and the generals with him who are minimally keeping pace with his leadership, but are looking forward to the greatest teacher in Washington. From there come the signals indicating who should succeed him.

However, Netanyahu, who is now besieged by the submarine scandal, and his direct and condemned role in its deals, this time by a specialized official committee, is also besieged by the destructive duo Ben Gvir and Smotrich, who are implementing his policy that is rejected internationally and even by America, that is, the process of annexing the West Bank, using his position as support and cover, and he is also besieged for a period. A critical story with some ambiguity in its title... Will Biden be renewed in the imminent presidential elections, or will savior Donald Trump come to provide him with the necessary oxygen to continue breathing and living?

Netanyahu did not waste time waiting until he saw white or black smoke rising from the chimney of the White House. He escalated his fateful war inside America, as the Republicans’ initiative to invite him to deliver a speech behind Biden’s back, and under his ear and eyes, was no longer sufficient for him, as he had done before with Barack Obama even entered a new phase in his “American” war, using provocative videos that were understood by Democrats concerned about their president’s situation as a direct battle against him for the benefit of his rival, at a very precise and sensitive time, with the relative balance between the two candidates showing every day a tendency in favor of Trump.

Netanyahu is fighting his final war for survival, and when this is the case for a man who is addicted to being in power, and does not see a life for himself outside of it, his remaining months will be the most dangerous months ever. He will not hesitate to do anything that may win the battle, including, and this is essential. Prolonging the war in Gaza as much as possible, expanding its escalation on the northern front, giving the extremist right a free rein so that it can do whatever it wants in the West Bank, as well as buying the loyalty of the Haredim by preventing the recruitment of their children into the army, and many things like that.

The costs of Netanyahu's latest war are the largest since Israel's wars began until this day and indefinitely. The costs are not limited to the Palestinians who were destined to be in the eye of the storm, but will extend to Israel first, where the losses are rising in everything, and to America, which pays the bills. His stay and departure came at an unprecedented cost in history.

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Netanyahu is fighting his final war for survival, and when this is the case for a man who is addicted to being in power, and does not see a life for himself outside of it, his remaining months will be the most dangerous months of all. He will not hesitate to do anything that may win the battle.