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Continetti argues Israelis still trust Netanyahu on security

A Potomac Watch excerpt on Wall Street Journal Opinion draws about 118,000 views in a day, four days after publication.

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Israel’s Elections Show Netanyahu is Trusted

Matthew Continetti challenges a familiar argument about Benjamin Netanyahu: that repairing the U.S.-Israel relationship depended on the Israeli leader leaving office. In this Potomac Watch excerpt, he offers the opposite reading of Netanyahu's political standing.

Posted by Wall Street Journal Opinion under the title "Israel's Elections Show Netanyahu is Trusted," the clip added views at nearly sixty times its usual daily pace. Published on October 28, it drew the vast majority of its audience in the past day rather than on release.

Continetti's argument centers on the distinction between criticism of Netanyahu and confidence in his security priorities. He says Israelis continue to trust Netanyahu to put the country's security first, despite his faults and the criticism surrounding Israel's response to the October 7, 2023 attacks.

The excerpt cuts between Continetti speaking and archival footage of Netanyahu. Its conclusion is also his central judgment: that Netanyahu's leadership and strategy have changed the regional balance in ways that benefit Israel's security and the future of the Jewish state.

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