Netanyahu's Election Promise: War and Isolation
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a hawkish leader whose political future depends on the October 27 legislative elections, has chosen a strategy of war and isolation for his country. He casts Israel as a besieged warrior, entrenched in its fortress, writes Le Monde columnist Gilles Paris.