Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu campaigning at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, March 9, 2015. (Flash 90)
As Israelis prepare to go to the polls on March 17,
the central question is whether voters still trust Benjamin Netanyahu to be
their leader
TEL AVIV (JTA) — However much they disagree with his policies, opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would surely admit he was right about one thing: These elections are all about him.
When he called for new elections in December, Netanyahu said the vote would enable him “to gain the trust of the nation.” Since then, the campaign’s central question is whether he has that trust.
Both his Likud Party and the party best poised to defeat him, the center-left Zionist Union, have focused their messaging on the prime minister’s record and fitness for leadership — or lack thereof. Parties closer to the ideological extremes have argued that a vote for them will either strengthen or weaken Netanyahu’s reelection prospects.
Iako se mnogi ne slažu s njegovom politikom, oponenti izraelskog premijera Netanyahua će se sigurno složiti oko jedne stvari: ovi su izbori samo o njemu. Kada je pozvao na nove izbore u prosincu, Netanyahu je rekao da će mu izbori omogućiti da "dobije povjerenje nacije". Od onda, centralno pitanje u kampanji je da li on ima to povjerenje. Obje stranke - njegova Likud partija i Zionist Union ( koja ga najviše brani) su fokusirane na njegove uspjehe u lideršipu ili nedostacima. Partije koje su ekstremnije protestiraju jer da će glasanje o njemu ili ojačati ili oslabiti njegove izglede za ponovni izbor.
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