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Bibi is an objectively evil person who is now backed into a corner…

Aaron David Miller, a former longtime Middle East negotiator, describes Netanyahu as increasingly desperate. This is, after all, a man who long cast himself as Israel’s best hope for security in a tough region — a brand badly damaged following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that sparked the war.

“It is a terrible example of a leader who has conflated his own political survival with what he considers to be the best interests of this country. It’s a horrible combination, and it leads to terrible decision-making,” he told me.

Netanyahu, whom many Israelis simply call “Bibi,” is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, holding the position on and off for some 16 years.

Now his chances of staying in power may be higher the longer the war lasts, some analysts and U.S. officials told me.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/08/netanyahu-israeli-leader-losing-control-00134146