Israel’s Netanyahu fights against Hamas, and for his future
by Ned Temko
Feb 01, 2024
3 minutes
The war in Gaza – 4 months old, imposing terrible suffering on both sides, yielding no definitive victor, and promising no visible endpoint – is being propelled by a dizzying array of regional rivalries and interests.
Yet one thing, above all, could determine how long the war rages, and how it ends.
It’s the Benjamin Netanyahu factor.
For Mr. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, the war in Gaza is not only a response to the abuse, abduction, and killing by Hamas of more than a
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