Binjamin Netanjahu declared in a Saturday interview to Channel 14 station starting in the upcoming parliamentary elections. On Tuesday's 76th birthday, the Prime Minister is the longest ruling leader in Israel's history, holding office with interruptions for over 18 years.
His right-wing Likud organization in the November 2022 election received 32 tickets. Together with spiritual and extremist nationalist groups, she formed the most right-wing cabinet in the past of the country.
Increased support after inheritances
Netanjah's popularity declined sharply after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. It later stabilized and increased during the wars with Lebanese Hezbollah in the fall of 2024 and Iran in June 2025, which most Israelis viewed as successes.
The Prime Minister's quotations rose again after the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip in force since 10 October and the release of the last surviving hostages. The next parliamentary elections are scheduled for October 2026.
Surveys indicate reconstruction
Published on Thursday by the diary "Maariw" the poll shows that the current coalition could number on 52 seats in a 120-member parliament. A survey of the Times of Israel portal from the same day gave her 59 tickets, which is close to most.
Both polls saw an increase in support for the Netanjah-led coalition. This is simply a crucial reflection after earlier declines in popularity associated with the beginning of the conflict.
Protests and demonstrations
The erstwhile Netanjah governments were accompanied by mass demonstrations of opponents. Even before the war, the improvement of the judiciary proposed by the coalition triggered the biggest protests in Israel's history.
During the conflict there were mass multi-thousand demonstrations to release hostages. Many participants accused the Prime Minister of politicising the war and dragging it at the expense of the lives of the kidnapped.
Ultimate for Hamas
Netanjahu in a Saturday interview declared that the war would end only after full implementation of U.S. president Donald Trump's peace plan. According to Polsatnews.pl, the Prime Minister threatened that if Hamas did not agree to disarm, he would be forced to do so by force.
Hamas was due to hand over the bodies of 28 kidnapped by Monday, but so far he has returned the remains of 12 people. The Israeli authorities accuse Hamas of not providing any more bodies, although he knows their location.
According to onet.pl, the Palestinian group claims to want to return the remains, but has method difficulties with their extraction. Negotiations have not yet begun on the second part of the agreement, which includes the disarmament of Hamas - 1 of Israel's main demands.
Sources used: "onet.pl", "wp.pl", "polsatnews.pl"
Note: This article has been edited with the aid of Artificial Intelligence.
