Meanwhile, Netanyahu’s security efforts haven’t yielded much success. An interim accord between Iran and the Western powers took effect despite the prime minister’s warnings that it was a “bad deal.” When Israel this month laden with weapons destined for terrorist groups that Israel said originated in Iran, few world leaders responded.
“The Israeli strategy collapsed after the November agreement,” said Ephraim Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. “The world doesn’t want to hear bad news about Iran. The world is hiding its head in the sand.”
One of Israel’s most significant security accomplishments has been of weapons shipments to Hizbullah, the Lebanese terrorist group. But with Israel’s policy of deliberate ambiguity, Netanyahu can’t officially take credit for the attacks.
Perhaps Netanyahu’s most notable achievement in the year-old government is that the coalition he cobbled together is still intact.
“Staying in power is not easy,” said Rahat. Netanyahu “looks like a leader above the fray, and he likes it that way.”
(JTA)