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Netanyahu's dominance over Likud holds for now

Despite challenges from some Likud seniors, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retains his status as party leader and the right's most popular politician.
Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands behind a glass panel (due to quarantine regulations) at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) from the guest bleachers of the plenum hall during a plenum session on the state budget on Sept. 2, 2021.

It has been three months since Benjamin Netanyahu left the prime minister’s office and his strength is being tested by his own party.

At first, the feeling has been that the new government, which took power with the narrowest possible margin, would soon fall. Netanyahu and his base. were convinced that the Likud’s defeat was an unfortunate blip, and that Netanyahu would soon return to the office that was stolen from him.

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