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Haaretz: Seven issues that will decide the Israeli election, by Anshel Pfeffer

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s angry side has rarely been so visible. As he walked across the tarmac toward his plane at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday, he was besieged by Israeli journalists demanding to know what he intended to do about the situation in Gaza — the reason he had just cut his visit to Washington short. He was enraged that they weren’t asking about his meeting with President Donald Trump and the U.S.’ recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “The fact you aren’t covering it for more than a minute is something you will be held accountable for,” he rebuked them.

This is what Netanyahu looks like when he’s lost control of the news agenda.

Likud’s election campaign was supposed to consist of the trashing of Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz, all while highlighting Netanyahu’s statesmanship and close friendship with the most powerful man on the planet, along with toxic dosages of anti-Arab racism.

Read the full article at Haaretz.