“Those counseling Israeli submission, resignation, or just endless patience can no longer dismiss Israel’s tough stance as the work of irredeemable right-wingers. Not with a government now representing 78 percent of the country.
Netanyahu forfeited September elections that would have given him four more years in power. He chose instead to form a national coalition that guarantees 18 months of stability — 18 months during which, if the world does not act to stop Iran, Israel will.
And it will not be the work of one man, one party, or one ideological faction. As in 1967, it will be the work of a nation.”
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God bless and protect Israel and her long-suffering people.
The early elections would have made clear what he already knew - he would win handily. Dropping them allowed his detractors to save face and get on the right side of history by bumping the unity up to 78% - time for Iranians to migrate away from target-rich environments.