The prime minister is a towering figure, but also a small one, a deeply reactive politician prone to zigs and zags. He sits firmly on the right, of course, but his true ideology seems to be self-preservation. Despite the illusion of stability, voters are deeply unsettled — about the unsustainable cost of living, their increasingly fractious society, a deepening strain of nationalism and racism, and Israel’s growing international isolation. Netanyahu’s tenure looks like something of a lost decade, a period of prolonged drift.

Source: foreignpolicy.com

"The prime minister is a towering figure, but also a small one, a deeply reactive politician prone to zigs and zags. He sits firmly on the right, of course, but his true ideology seems to be self-preservation. Despite the illusion of stability, voters are deeply unsettled — about the unsustainable cost of living, their increasingly fractious society, a deepening strain of nationalism and racism, and Israel’s growing international isolation. Netanyahu’s tenure looks like something of a lost decade, a period of prolonged drift."

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