His coalition government, despite some internal bickering, was expected to serve out its term. Not even 10% of Israelis would have preferred the opposition leader, the Labor Party’s Yitzhak Herzog, as Prime Minister.
直到去年夏天，内塔尼亚胡似乎还在政治上无懈可击。其联合政府尽管不乏内部矛盾，但在民众眼中却应该能终其任期。支持反对党领袖工党的伊扎克·赫尔佐克担任总理的以色列人还不到10%。