It's a combination of his own shameless efforts to rewrite history, his opponents' inability to adequately hold him to account for that blackest of days and much more besides, and, perhaps, Israel's changing demographics

PM claims during lengthy TV interview that Iran is working to orchestrate an attack to influence election, maybe through Hamas and Hezbollah; urges criminal probe of those involved in his corruption prosecution

Egypt’s intelligence chief warned that Hamas appeared to be mobilizing for a major attack; Israel should grant Hamas economic concessions to avert conflict. 'If Israel doesn't change course, Gaza is going to blow up in your face – the window to prevent a disaster is closing.' Netanyahu's response was confident—even cocky—that they had the situation under control