Posted on 03/25/2026 12:34:50 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Netanyahu seeks to pass the Budget by March 31 to avoid snap elections, which polls suggest he would likely lose.
The war in Iran has shifted focus from Gaza, but polls remain unchanged since Oct 7, showing weak support for Netanyahu.
To secure the Budget, Netanyahu's coalition allocated funds to allies, like ultra-Orthodox parties, ensuring their support.
Polls consistently show around 40 per cent of voters sticking with Mr Netanyahu’s coalition of nationalist and religious parties, 40 per cent backing opposition parties, and a swing vote so far not moving to Mr Netanyahu, said Professor Gideon Rahat, a political scientist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Even if Israelis rally in support of the war’s goals, they are growing weary as it drags on with no decisive end or diplomatic resolution in sight, after a shorter round of fighting in June, Prof Rahat said.
“You have one round, a few months of quiet, and then another round,” he said.
A poll published by the Times of Israel on March 19 showed Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party would win 28 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, down from 34 at present. While Likud would be the largest party, his coalition would fall short of a majority, securing only 51 seats, the poll said.
On March 3, Israeli Science Minister and Likud party member Gila Gamliel told local radio that the election will be held in late June or early July. Senior party members and Netanyahu aides made similar remarks to Israeli media. In the weeks since, Mr Netanyahu has acknowledged there was no certainty Iranians would overthrow their rulers. As the war nears a fifth week, the prospect of a summer election appears remote.
“His strategy is buying time,” Prof Rahat said.
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And insofar as American foreign policy is concerned, we should have ignored him henceforth after this bit in 2002 aged rather poorly: "If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region...The first victory in Afghanistan makes the second victory in Iraq that much easier. The second victory in Iraq will make the third victory that much easier too but it may change the nature of achieving that victory..."
they have him good this time...gonna be voted out this time..I swear its true....
excellent advise. Too bad we didn’t take it
The guy began his career as PM of Israel during Bill Clinton’s first term in office. Can you even imagine an American political figure from 1996 who would still be relevant today? LOL.
Replaced with whom? Some leftist?
Long term this war will hurt Israel. The political backlash in America will allow the anti Semetic, demonic, lunatic Democrats to seize power in 2026 and 2028. America will suffer worse.
I can name one prominent American who listens to him.
Meanwhile, Chuck Grassley has been Iowa's Senator since 1981; his tenure has outlived twelve Presidential terms.
But he should be replaced by someone.
That's not too crazy a thing to think about, is it? Or is he somehow royalty that should be involved with Israel's government for life?
Fair enough, but despite their prominent Senate committee posts I don’t think either one of them has a national following of any kind.
Ultra Sonic 007 posted for our edification: “Netanyahu’s time is long past.......insofar as Netanyahu’s take on American foreign policy, we should have ignored him after this bit in 2002 aged rather poorly:”
2002 Netanyahu to the US “If you take out Saddam, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region...The first victory in Afghanistan makes the second victory in Iraq that much easier. The second victory in Iraq will make the third victory that much easier too but it may change the nature of achieving that victory...”
There will be Civil Ear if that happens.
War
Hello
The Times of Israel is a FARRRR Leftist RAG like the NY Slimes .
There push polls cant be trusted.
The Generic Ballot advantage for Democrats is about 2.8. At this time in 2018, it was 7.8. But, that was a different Democrat Party.
MUST WATCH: C-Span user clip
dumbo Netanyahu touts benefits of War in Iraq, 2002
Thx
Trump has the same problem. It’s hard for an American to get very high in the polls in this outhouse when you’ve got 50 million illegal aliens being polled by the far left, communist “media”.
Israel has a supercharged democracy.
I’ll leave their leadership decisions to them. We Americans can have opinions, but our opinions don’t vote there.
So, whatever!
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