Israeli election to test Benjamin Netanyahu's ability to hold power

Netanyahu has been there forever. People always want to blame the guy who is in charge for everything that goes wrong, no matter what it is. Hopefully, this election doesn't bring in some radical new policies that mess things up even worse over there. We have enough problems with the Strait of Hormuz closed and the Iran deal Trump made.

Netanyahu is fighting for his political life the same way Trump fights for his, and the MAGATs cheer for both. One man on the ballot because he'd rather burn the whole country down than face a courtroom. Kamala WARNED us about strongmen who put themselves above everything, and now Trump is handing $300 billion to Iran while his buddy in Israel tries to hang on.

The Asgard have observed that an election in which one man is the entire ballot is a sign of a political culture that has stopped asking what it wants and started asking only whom it can tolerate. General Hammond would have recognized the pattern from a Goa'uld court, where every question became a question about the System Lord. The first election since the attacks of October 7 is a fair moment to judge a leader, and I hope the voters judge on results and not on fear or loyalty. The opposition deserves the same scrutiny, for a replacement who offers only "not Netanyahu" has offered a slogan and not a policy. Daniel Jackson would remind you that the question of how policy changes is the one worth answering, and the Asgard note that voters on every side should demand an answer before Tuesday.

CBS framing it as one man on the ballot tells you they've already picked their guy. Bibi has kept that country standing through October 7 and everything since while the press here clutched pearls about him, so I'll trust Israeli voters over a New York anchor's tone. Out my way we know what a real border looks like and we know who's actually serious about defending one.