The Guardian view on Netanyahu’s leadership: making enemies and clinging to far-right friends

Putting his own interests above his country’s is nothing new for the Israeli prime minister, but it is increasingly blatanthile Benjamin Netanyahu picks fights at home and abroad, he is more closely tied than ever to the worst parts of the domestic political realm. Last week, Israel’s prime minister, which has reproved him but done little to stop the war in Gaza, or avert the looming and surely disastrous conflict with Hezbollah.

Mr Netanyahu’s departure would not be a magic solution: another prime minister’s policies on Hezbollah and Gaza’s future would probably not look so different. The Biden administration remains reluctant to use its potential leverage – arms supplies, diplomatic positioning and– as it should to stop the war in Gaza and the tightening hold on the West Bank.

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