Two votes of trust, less than seven days each, have told much of the story of Israel’s political transformation since launching an attack on longtime regional nemesis Iran on Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government narrowly survived the vote, which ensured continuedness, after reaching an 11-hour deal with a key force within it, the ultra-Orthodox political party. If no deal was found, the Congress was dissolved, a new election was called, and Netanyahu became vulnerable as opposition was born against him.
However, similar attempts to dissolve the Congress failed miserably on Monday, as motions of confidence brought by parties led by Israeli Palestinian citizens failed to attract support from the Centre and right.
Of course, Israel launched an attack on Iran, overturning Israeli politics within the country and regional geopolitics.
Rejecting Monday’s unconfident move, opposition politician Punina Tamano Shata has been critical of Netanyahu in the past — told lawmakers that efforts are “separated from reality.”
That is now the mainstream view in Israeli politics, with the opposition lined up behind Netanyahu and there is a war with Iran that the prime minister has been promoting for at least 20 years.
After writing in Israeli media the day after Israel’s strike began, former prime minister Yair Lapid, who called on the prime minister a month ago to call on the prime minister to seek a ceasefire in Gaza, wrote his full support for the attack on Iran while urging the US to take part in the war. He was then drawn with Netanyahu waving on a map of Iran on the wall behind the two men.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met today with the leader of opposition Mk Yair Lapid for security updates. pic.twitter.com/dvcmejivxb
– June 17, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister (@israelipm)
Regarding the attack on Iran, the vote has been shown to be a favorite on Netanyahu’s behalf of Netanyahu when an early election is called, he told Israeli media.
Speaking to Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Aida Tuma Suleiman, a member of the Congress representing the Hadash Thar Party, said: “Politically, the switch to supporting war by major opposition parties is no surprise.
“There is no voice in Israel questioning this except for us. We are Palestinians and leftists, so it seems we don’t trust them,” Tuma Suleiman said. “Even those who call themselves Zionists who have left themselves support the war.”
“The Israelites are raised with the knowledge that they are in danger and that they need to do everything they can to survive,” she added.
I changed my destiny
Only last week saw things look very different. At home, Netanyahu and his coalition were under pressure from the Congress, the public and even the military, who seemed tired of the seemingly endless war with Gaza.
Open letters protesting the burden that the war had placed on Israel’s lives were that Palestinians came from members of the military and from their universities and universities. Many reserves were also thought to have refused to ow the duty.
There was also pressure on Netanyahu and his government to prevent attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, and to investigate the corruption trials that have been plagued by Netanyahu since 2019.
Now, the Prime Minister appears to be united behind his leadership and his new attacks, with a few notable exceptions. It has killed at least 24 Israeli people despite unprecedented attacks Israel has faced over the past week, ballistic missiles collided with Tel Aviv, Haifa and other Israeli cities.
A poll conducted by Israeli Channel 14 on Monday showed “overwhelming” public support for the prime minister with editors and compensation across many of Israeli media in support of the prime minister.
On Tuesday, Israel’s era, one of the nation’s leading newspapers, reflected the claims of politicians like Rapid that Iran was committing war crimes in response to Israel’s unprovoked attacks on Friday. No accusations that genocide charges against Israel have been considered by the International Court of Justice, nor warrants by Netanyahu and the International Criminal Court against former Minister of Defense Joab Gallant were mentioned.
“Intermediately [long] The idea that the campaign led by Netanyahu and others is not a light-form of Palestinians occupied and exposed to ethnic cleansing, but is a source of all anti-Israel sentiment in the region, rather than a source of light in Iran.” The fact that Iran is the source of all evil is embedded in Israeli society as a whole. ”
An uncertain future
However, Netanyahu had previously wasted support, so he might do so again.
Just like Gaza, Netanyahu sets the biggest war purpose. In Gaza, it was a “complete victory” over Hamas, but said Israel, along with Iran, has ended Iran’s nuclear program, even hinting at the possibility of a Tehran change of government.
Netanyahu may once again find that it is easy to start a war, but not perfect them in a satisfying way with his political foundation.
“Netanyahu is a big gamble,” Dov Waxman, professor of Israeli studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, told Al Jazeera. “If the war fails to destroy Iran’s nuclear program or force Iran to make unprecedented concessions to reach a new nuclear agreement, it will be considered Israel’s failure.
However, the extent to which changes in the public and political mood will act as a check on Netanyahu and his government is unknown. Netanyahu repeatedly ignored the general pressure in Gaza to find a contract to secure the release of Israeli prisoners of war, and some government members may even directly criticize the prisoners’ families.
“Netanyahu will remain with him for weeks, perhaps days if the damage continues. But as we saw in Gaza, it really doesn’t matter.
