Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli election campaigns are not for the faint hearted. They might not be to everyone’s likings and they hardly produce decisive results, but they are never dull and never fail to generate great excitement.

The early elections for the 21^st Knesset were supposed to be a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu. This, at least, was the purpose of the Prime Minister himself – along with winning a large personal consensus and a solid political majority recreating a more disciplined right-wing coalition under a stronger Likud, and catching the momentum of the positive mood among the Israelis on security and economic policy.

The elections of April 9 to the 21^st Knesset, originally due for November 2019, are among the most contested, uncertain, and possibly crucial in the 70 years of Israel's democracy and political history. The fact Premier Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu called an early vote was emblematic of the contradictory circumstances facing Israel's leading politician, the national party system, and indeed the entire nation. Netanyahu had to maneuver between anticipating or postponing elections – each of the solutions carrying serious costs and benefits.

Talking about the upcoming Israeli Elections, the name of Benny Gantz stands out as the true and only rival of Benjamin Netanyahu in this electoral race; together with his party, he has an unprecedented chance to defeat the Likud.

A sei settimane dalle elezioni del 9 Aprile, il procuratore generale israeliano Avichai Mendelblit ha annunciato di voler procedere con l’incriminazione del Primo ministro Benjamin Netanyahu per frode e abuso di fiducia in due casi distinti: Case 1000, riguardante i costosi regali che Netanyahu avrebbe ricevuto da un ricco imprenditore di Hollywood in cambio di favori politici; Case 2000, che vede coinvolti il primo ministro e l’editore di Yediot Ahronot, Aron Mosez, nella stipulazione di un patto che avrebbe assicurato a Netanyahu una