I often see titles like this in the EU except that they are talking about the Orange Skid Mark.
Has the world gone bat-shit crazy?
Could Israelis Seriously Elect Netanyahu Again? Link to Haaretz
The latest Israeli polls give Benjamin Netanyahu and his fanatic coalition partners their highest marks since October 7. But is this just a short-lived blip, boosted by Israel's measured response to Iran, before the prime minister's political career is finally over?
The pre-war coalition – Likud and the far-right extremist parties Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit, and the ultra-Orthodox Shas and Torah Judaism – finally broke the long stretch of polls giving these parties together between 42 to 48 seats in most polls. Now these same parties have won 50 seats in Maariv's survey. That's still not a majority of 61, but a genuine improvement. In a Channel 13 survey last week, the original coalition did even better, with 51 seats.
To be sure, given that the majority of Israelis are right-wing and about one-quarter (depending on how the question is asked) self-define as being on the firm right, many of these respondents probably believe Israel has not yet gone far enough in the war. But is that the full picture?
The prime minister can be smug about the political trends this week, but these findings are a terrible indictment of Israel's leadership. It's too soon to say with any certainty whether Netanyahu is experiencing a boom or a blip – a final gasp of survey optimism before Israelis throw him out for good.
These brief excerpts give a good taste of the article itself.
Israelis support his policies.
85% of Israelis have seen images of Palestinian suffering in Gaza,
Yet only 38% believe that Israel has come off better.
Only 26% of Israelis support a 2 state solution even with a permanent regional defense agreement.
I have always thought that the slippery bugger might pull this one out of the hat.
Then again the rest of the right-wing are no better and have the same goals.
Fingers crossed that the US is different.