have missed five elections and billions of shekels but ‘Bibi’ has done it. Benjamin Netanyahu will be again Prime Minister of Israel. the fascinating Leader of Likud has been the preferred choice of a million israelis. From fierce opposition for the last 16 months, the longest-serving prime minister in the country’s history returns home and Israel is safe again. Because the king ‘Bibi’ embodies the Jewish State: its firm hand as a nation surrounded by enemies, its chameleon savoir faire to resist three lustrums in the position, and the security that emanates. Netanyahu embodies a past expansion, victories and leadership. After a year and a half of chaos, dad ‘Bibi’ returns to give Israel a future.
At only 46 years old, he was the youngest prime minister to come to power in 1996 after the murder of Yitzhak Rabin. He was also the first born in the State of Israel. Three years later, he was defeated by the labor Ehud Barak, the last left-wing government in Israel. (The four minimum seats obtained by the same party after these elections, being the only left-wing representatives in the Chamber, indicate that it will take decades for the country to see something like it.) And it is that Netanyahu is a name that means exception In Israel. After returning to govern in 2009, he has been the only one to achieve form a government three times in a rowas it also did in 2013 and 2015.
It’s also the Prime Minister elected most times, with five governments behind him. The 15 years at the head of the Executive exceed even the time as leader of the country of the founder of Israel, David Ben Gurion. But, in turn, he has been the only prime minister in the history of the State indicted for corruption while still in office. Cunning like none and able to ally with anyone, ‘Bibi’ returns to power with the horizon of escaping from his disputes with the justice system. your new far right partners have already expressed their intention to overhaul the judicial system in a nod to charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust that have failed to defeat Netanyahu.
egotistical and charismatic
polarizing figure par excellence, the politician of 73 years returns as if it were a messiah. His electoral campaigns have thus elevated him with his name more pronounced than his party’s. Netanyahu’s charisma, perseverance and egomania have earned him accusations of personality cult that have haunted him for years. But Israel, a country historically isolated in a region that hated it, needs such men. From the hand of donald trump, the “best friend Israel has had in the White House”, ‘Bibi’ achieved the unimaginable: the normalization of relations with Arab countries without giving up an inch of territory and the American recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
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Netanyahu has been able to bury the palestinian cause at the bottom of the trunk of memories. With her, he agonizes peace dialogue and millions of Palestinians languish under occupation and blockade. Meanwhile, it has placed Israel on the world map as an orderly power, leading vaccination campaigns flawless and dodges global economic crises. And he has done it by using and throwing politicians and allies to stay in power, as he did with Benny Gantz. Netanyahu refused to cede the position of prime minister to him even though they agreed to form a joint Executive in 2020. But it is that Israel needs ‘Bibi’, because if ‘Bibi’ governs, Israel is doing well. Or so he thinks. Now also a million Israelis.
When the first government without Netanyahu in 12 years was formed in June last year, many celebrated the end of an era. But ‘Bibi’ never left. His deep voice and imposing figure dominated the Knesset for months, and his attempts to overthrow the “Executive of change” they had results just a year later. And although experts warn that he is already a danger to democracyNobody blames Netanyahu for all the millions spent on electoral campaigns, the years lost without approving policies, the radicalization of a large part of society. No one can blame him. It’s ‘Bibi’. He is the king.