The corona has devoured the prime minister's campaign cards and caused him to change direction • The new Netanyahu is expected to continue on the state line, dwarf Saar without attacking him directly - and focus on the torch • The most sensitive threat comes from Bennett, after the Likud internalized that this time they would have no coalition without him
Netanyahu and Bennett
Photography:
Dudi Vaknin, AFP
This is not how the Prime Minister thought the election campaign would be conducted, which was largely based on Israel's exit from the Corona crisis on the eve of the opening of the polls.
Meanwhile the morbidity is rising, the death toll is rising, and the end is not in sight.
Netanyahu has exceptional adaptability.
He never allows himself to become addicted to a single program and the speed with which he recalculates a route often surprises his opponents and associates alike.
Photo: From Gideon Saar's Facebook page
He came to the conclusion that his image as a man of controversy and divisions distances him from a large public, which considers him the most suitable leader, and recoils from this kind of conduct.
The campaign that Netanyahu is running is free of all attacks and defamation, and deals entirely with the figure of Netanyahu as a leader.
The one who brought the vaccines contrary to all the assessments of his rivals, and the one who brought peace with four countries.
To the extent that the Biden administration begins to pile up difficulties, on the nuclear issue or on the political issue, Netanyahu will be presented as the only one who can stand up to a pressuring administration.
As for the political opponents, Netanyahu decided to completely ignore Gideon Saar so as not to increase him and mark him as an opponent.
After the Likud uploaded a video simulating WhatsApp correspondence glorifying Netanyahu, which led to a response video of a new hope a few hours later, the Likud said that Saar is under pressure and is therefore already making mistakes at this stage.
Forcing yourself into a confrontation just to get attention, they said, is a strategic mistake Saar will pay for.
Netanyahu estimates that in the moment of truth, Saar will end with a single-digit figure for seats.
Even Bennett's decision at the moment is to ignore.
While the right-wing chairman sharpens the tone against the prime minister and calls for his replacement, the Likud maintains wireless silence. Not only so as not to increase Bennett, as in the case of Saar, but because Bennett is a potential future partner .
The only one who will receive harsh reactions from the Likud is Yair Lapid.
Netanyahu is interested in positioning Lapid as his main opponent, which may reduce the number of seats for Saar and possibly other parties from the left-wing bloc that are currently swaying.
Bnei Gantz's dying party is deep in Netanyahu's plans, which he believes do not exceed the blocking percentage.
Netanyahu's fear is that Gantz's collapse will be too rapid, and he will prefer to retire before the election.
Alongside all this, Netanyahu also has plans for the dismantled joint list, when it is still unclear how deep their scope is.
