Article 6XD7H Gaza, Israel and the world are crying out for opposition to Netanyahu – now there are rays of hope | Aluf Benn

Gaza, Israel and the world are crying out for opposition to Netanyahu – now there are rays of hope | Aluf Benn

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Aluf Benn
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For years Netanyahu has divided and disrupted his opponents. But new leaders are beginning to organise

Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz

In his successful quest to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has leveraged his most valuable asset: the country's ineffective opposition. He has been playing his opponents off against each other, staying afloat while they are left powerless and irrelevant.

Netanyahu has survived multiple corruption cases, an ongoing criminal trial and recurring elections. Even after Hamas invaded Israel by surprise, on 7 October, 2023, leading to the longest, deadliest and most ruinous war in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the opposition failed to pose a political threat to Netanyahu. This week, Israel continues its expanded offensive across Gaza alongside a deadly bombing campaign. Rather than bearing the responsibility for the unparalleled tragedy and being kicked out of office in disgrace, the prime minister has only grown more powerful, expanding his governing coalition, shrugging off any responsibility for the disaster and firing the military and intelligence leaders.

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