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Netanyahu Faces His Sternest Test Ever – and He's Fighting on More Fronts Than Ever

Any response the Israeli prime minister gives on any issue will get him a passing grade from one side but a big fat F from the other ■ If he passes the Ben-Gvir test, he'll fail the Gantz-Eisenkot test ■ What does Netanyahu think the Gotliv affair proved? ■ The PM also prepares his next scapegoats

Yossi Verter
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It's strange how history can bring about a complete sea change of public opinion, retroactively. The second Lebanon war began with strong support for the government and ended with the sense that it had failed in a costly, bloody undertaking. As the years went by, the consensus changed, seeing it as a successful war that won Israel years of deterrence.

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