I tend to agree.
Can you help me understand why Netanyahu chose to put himself in this position?
I really don’t know. But then again, I’m not as close to the real politics there as Netanyahu is. I can only guess that he is acting on things I don’t know about and don’t understand.
I do want to see him succeed, but it doesn’t look like the numbers of seats in the Knesset is going to come out ahead for him, although (as others have said) he might be the one to put together the governing coalition.
I just don’t have the answers for “why”.