Could Benjamin Netanyahu manage to resurrect his political career after October 7? Conventional wisdom considered Netanyahu a likely target for the ire of Israeli voters when the war concluded and the demand for accountability over the failures to stop the massacre crescendoed. That was not just an assumption among Democrats here in the US but practically their mission, with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi demanding his ouster and Joe Biden semi-grunting in approval.
Now, however, the Times of Israel reports that Netanyahu will run again for office in the next elections, whenever those are held. And he thinks he can win, thanks in part to his needle-threading in hostage negotiations:
Although he hadn’t been definitive on this issue since the war in Gaza broke out, we’re now beginning to hear clear statements from him about the dramatic need for him to continue leading the country…
