The latest edition of The Economist dedicated an article to the chairman of the Israeli opposition, Knesset member Isaac Herzog. The headline was phrased as an almost rhetorical question: "Curtains for Herzog?" The article itself described him as a politician whose fate has been sealed, an opposition leader who has failed to provide an alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and whose party, Labor, is unable to present a coherent and effective alternative to Netanyahu’s Likud. In short, an ideal opposition chairman for Netanyahu.
For Herzog, an avid reader of opinion pieces in the world’s major newspapers, this one was particularly stinging. It presented a miserable image of Herzog as seen by foreigners who have no axe to grind and who just a year ago considered him a possible candidate to bring down Netanyahu’s regime.
