Israel is moving towards elections faster than expected, Netanyahu's coalition is cracking, and polls suggest his bloc is short of a governing majority. Does that mean the end of the road for Israel's longest-serving prime minister?
"Netanyahu sees himself as something of a secular messiah," a Times of Israel column said days after the Hamas attack on Israel in 2023. "Holding Israel up with his two giant hands, its fate dependent entirely on him. If he leaves it, it will fall. If he stays, it will survive and prosper."