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[–] 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I will be astounded if he loses. But even if he does, will he leave office?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    also the other parties are more right wing than he is.

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  • [–] 1 point 17 hours ago

    It's hard to view Israeli politics from a western perspective

    Most other parties have much softer stances on the West Bank, for example

    None of the likely future PMs have a substantially different policy on Gaza

    There is a bit of variety of opinions of Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, although most plan to annex them eventually

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    He will lose, he can't hold it together, not after 10/7 and his failure to be the law and order prime minister.

    The new government will be even worse though from what I hear.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Probably. My read is that Israel has one more electoral cycle in it, maybe two, before the the fascism completely overwhelms their democracy, but for now I don't think Netanyahu has the public support necessary to pull of a violent takeover. It'd be a different story if the pro-genocide bloc (aka most of the Jewish population) felt genuinely threatened, but Netanyahu's two most likely successors are both firmly pro-genocide so it's basically just Netanyahu's political fortunes and how fast the West Bank gets ethnically cleansed at stake.

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