 Complete the following phrase:  Prime Minister Netanyahus initial popularity remained stable, as he managed to overcome various events that could have endangered the stability of his governmentsuch as the political speech at the Bar-Ilan University at the beginning of his term in which he endorsed the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel for the first time, the governments agreement to freeze construction in the West Bank, in light of the common belief of the Israeli public that the diplomatic relations between the United States and Israel had worsened during Netanyahus term, the 