The opposition blames Netanyahu’s policies, stoking calls to topple him.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a come-from-behind victory in Israel’s election on Wednesday.
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has launched a last-minute media blitz to convince voters he should stay in office.
Polls suggest that the embattled Israeli leader could lose power in next week’s election.
Some may wonder how, as a man of the left and Israel’s peace camp, I can at the same time be a member of a government now fighting a war in Lebanon. The answer is the same one Clement Attlee or Harold Wilson would have given: when your very existence is under threat, you have the right to defend yourself, writes Isaac Herzog.