MARK ALMOND: Benjamin Netanyahu, once widely hailed as 'Mr Security', the man who could be relied upon to keep Israel's borders secure against all comers, is now widely reviled.
The murderous incursion by Hamas last week has plunged Israel into a political crisis as well as a military one.
Apart from the intelligence lapses that allowed Hamas fighters to break out of Gaza and the unpardonable delays in sending troops to relieve the siege of kibbutzes, Netanyahu's failure to address the nation until three days after the attacks began indicate to many that he has lost the sureness of touch that has been his hallmark for so long.
His stock is just as low in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. Politicians of all stripes, from the Left, Right and centre, are rubbishing Netanyahu behind the scenes. While he has managed to create an emergency coalition with Benny Gantz, a former chief of staff of the IDF who leads a centre-Right party, others refused to sign up.
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He has been charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate scandals involving powerful media moguls and wealthy associates. He denies any wrongdoing. Netanyahu used to invoke Neville Chamberlain as the embodiment of the kind of appeasing politician whom he despised. But it was Chamberlain's incompetence as a war leader which cost him his premiership in 1940, making way for Churchill.
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