Al Jazeera: Bibi is caught between status quo and power vacuum

"Disregarding the old adage that politics – like nature – abhors a vacuum, Benjamin Netanyahu could until now sing his own praise and declare that Israel under his premiership was an anchor of political stability . . .

Most Israelis believed him. Now they wonder whether, in midterm, their own leader has not lost his compass.

Notwithstanding the revolutions convulsing their Arab neighbours, the suspended peace talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA), and the continuation of settlement construction in the occupied West Bank, Israelis suddenly find themselves caught up in violent turmoil after a long lull.

Within two weeks, the first bombing attack in Jerusalem in three years killed a British citizen and wounded scores of Israelis; five members of a Jewish family were killed in a settlement in a terrorist attack; and four Palestinian family members and more militants were killed during Israeli bombings in retaliation . . .

Most Israelis long for the days when, under, Egypt was Israel's main ally in the region, its main address when it wanted to rein in on Hamas."

Caught between status quo and power vacuum - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

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