Israel-Gaza: will embattled Netanyahu stay the course?

Israel's PM facing 'political reckoning' but betting against him is 'like betting against the house'

Portrait of Benjamin Netanyahu
Criticism and anger is growing over Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza operation, and the security lapses around 7 October attacks
(Image credit: Gali Tibbon / AFP via Getty Images)

As Israel's war against Hamas intensifies, Benjamin Netanyahu is waging a separate battle for his political survival.

Growing public opposition to his handling of the Gaza operation, combined with anger over the security lapses around the 7 October attack that triggered the war, have helped to make Netanyahu the "most hated man in Israel", said Graeme Wood in The Atlantic.

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Elliott Goat is a freelance writer at The Week Digital. A winner of The Independent's Wyn Harness Award, he has been a journalist for over a decade with a focus on human rights, disinformation and elections. He is co-founder and director of Brussels-based investigative NGO Unhack Democracy, which works to support electoral integrity across Europe. A Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellow focusing on unions and the Future of Work, Elliott is a founding member of the RSA's Good Work Guild and a contributor to the International State Crime Initiative, an interdisciplinary forum for research, reportage and training on state violence and corruption.