
A Qatar affair, a corruption trial, the failure on October 7th: Benjamin Netanyahu has overcome a lot before this election.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is under intense political pressure due to an ongoing corruption trial and the security situation after October 7th.
Israel's scandal prime minister: How does Netanyahu keep getting away with it?
A Qatar affair, a corruption trial, the failure on October 7th: Benjamin Netanyahu has overcome a lot before this election. What keeps him in power - and why his opponents find it so difficult to replace him.
An analysis by Thore Schröder, Tel Aviv
October 23, 2026, 6:30 p.m
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