Analysis of Netanyahu's Political Challenges

Netanyahu had been

betting in recent years on

normalization with Saudi Arabia,

and he was broadcasting

as if next month would be the month

after which all that would happen.

I greatly value the position of

the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in

refusing to allow such a major

historic political development

for Benjamin Netanyahu

despite pressure from the U.S.

administration, and Trump in particular.

There was clear talk of a Palestinian state.

His Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin

Salman linked that to progress toward

establishing a Palestinian state.

Benjamin Netanyahu did not

like this.

There is also international momentum, with France,

on the question of recognizing a Palestinian state.

Of course,

Netanyahu wants to sell Israeli

society this bonanza, this

grand prize. He deserves no prize at all.

The man is subject to an international

arrest warrant on charges of

committing war crimes. I don't know what the reaction

will be if the right falls and

Benjamin Netanyahu loses the election.

I wouldn't be surprised

if the reaction were

violent, from the right in the Trumpian

American sense.

On the question of accepting the results, or...

They had been planning

a meeting all along,

planning...

to criticize these results and claim,

for example, that there was fraud among...

The Arabs had pinned it on the Arabs before it happened.

Especially if their numbers are high.

This blatant conspiracy was exposed.

Netanyahu will do everything

he can to avoid losing

control.

How does he view the conflict with...

And that could lead, especially...

if the Arabs have a role...

to Arab lawmakers or Jewish left-

wing lawmakers being targeted

if Netanyahu loses.

How does he view the conflict and war

with Iran in terms of the results?

In terms of who won, who prevailed,

or who managed to impose

the rules of the game to a greater extent?

How does Israeli society

view this politically?

After October 7,

Netanyahu used the term “absolute victory.”

...

The opposition taunts him,

saying, “You haven’t achieved any

absolute victory on any front,”

not in Gaza,

not in Iran,

not in Lebanon.

Not in Lebanon, nor...

with the Houthis, nor on any front.

And he wants to keep these

wars going

to get closer to the idea of absolute victory. But...

The election is in 48 hours, and he is

without an outright victory, as all the leaders

of the opposition and the Israeli media accuse him of.

There is rhetoric and talk

that is serious when it comes to

Turkey and hostility toward Turkey.

Dr. Ahmad, from the inside,

how do you see Israel's view of

Turkey and the idea that it is

the next enemy, the next war,

the next threat, and so on?

Israel needs a rotating enemy

24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You know it.

If it's not Plan A, they always have to create a Plan B.

So

a few months ago

President Erdoğan and Turkey were

the rotating enemy.

Statements of attack and veiled

military threats

and

perhaps attempts to provoke

clashes on Syrian territory.

The airport they bombed was a message to Turkey.

That was a message to Turkey,

and they said it was a message to Turkey.

They said it was a message to Turkey. So Netanyahu

can't now— he's at a stage

where he can't live without

an enemy and a war.