Israeli Opposition Weighs Pact for Anti-Netanyahu ‘Revolution’
- Unity may offer best way to replace longtime prime minister
- Polls show Netanyahu’s Likud winning twice the seats of rivals
Benjamin Netanyahu
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It’s practically an axiom of Israeli politics that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is invincible because he doesn’t have any serious challengers.
But what if the fragmented center-left opposition joined forces? Talk of a united front against Netanyahu percolated this week as polls showed him handily winning a fifth term in early elections, his popularity undented by a string of corruption allegations that threaten to land him in court. The Knesset formally voted Wednesday night to dissolve itself and hold elections April 9.