New York Times: So Mr. Netanyahu, known by friends and foes as Bibi, reinvented himself. Instead of sticking to Israel’s previous security doctrine centered on short wars of defense, he has waged Israel’s longest war on multiple fronts — against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, the Houthi militia in Yemen and, together with the United States, Iran.
He has doubled down on Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, allowing Jewish settlements to proliferate and settler violence against Palestinians to escalate, further aggravating Israel’s international isolation.
“He understood that if he wanted to survive, not only politically but as a historic figure, he had to change,” said Mazal Mualem, an Israeli political commentator and Netanyahu biographer. “He killed off the old Bibi and delivered a new one into the world,” she added…