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Netanyahu's Coming Makeover

The only way Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can stay in power is to lead on the peace process.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 9, 2013. Israel aims to stay out of Syria's civil war, Netanyahu said on Sunday, signalling restraint despite violence eroding security at the Golan Heights border area. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEADSHOT) - RTX10H62
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, attends the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 9, 2013. — REUTERS/Abir Sultan

After the 100-day grace period for the third Netanyahu government passed, dozens of key Likud members met in Holon on Tuesday (June 11). Together, they came out publicly against the prime minister’s intentions to bring about full consolidation of former Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman's party — Yisrael Beiteinu with the Likud.

This is the sounding of a warning bell for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been losing his hold over his party, ever since the failed election campaign that he waged.

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