Benjamin Netanyahu greeting supporters and surrounded by security personnel during a campaign tour in Ashdod on September 29, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
It’s Friday, October 23, and one sentence from Benjamin Netanyahu this week should have made every ear perk up: “We have two years left of my great friend Donald Trump’s presidency, two years to finish the job.” In that sentence, for the first time in 12 races for prime minister, is Netanyahu marking an end date?

