Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be out of tricks to prolong his already geriatric political career, lashing out at archfoe Naftali Bennett, who is trying to squeeze him out of premier’s seat.

On Sunday, the prime minister came up with nasty remarks concerning Bennet, who had just announced an intention to try to form a coalition that would oust him. In line with the plan, Bennett’s Yamina party would join forces with opposition figure Yair Lapid in the new team-up.

Netanyahu accused Bennett of trying to form a leftist ruling structure that would ensure his rise to premiership, Qatar’s Al Jazeera television network reported. Bennett, Netanyahu claimed, had been sowing discord, division, and hatred against him.

Such a leftist ruling coalition, would present a danger for the security of the Israeli regime, he said, adding, Imagine what would happen in Iran, Gaza, and Washington, should a leftist coalition take shape, he said.

The prime minister was trying to allege that a ruling coalition led by Bennet would back down from Tel Aviv’s extremist measures targeting the Islamic Republic, lessen the regime’s aggression towards the Gaza Strip, and reduce the powerful pro-Israeli lobby’s clout in Washington.

His allegations that Bennett leans left came while the latter is widely known as a far-right figure.

Netanyahu has been holding onto power by tooth and nail for the past 12 years. His popularity has, however, suffered an unprecedented plunge among the Israelis, who have been holding regular rallies outside his residence for months on end to force him to resign.

The far-and-wide resentment is owed in part to Netanyahu’s indictment in a number of corruption cases as well as his mishandling of the Israeli regime’s economy and the COVID-19 response. The Israeli regime’s heavy defeat in a recent war that it launched on Gaza, has also given rise to serious doubt among Israelis about whether he could sustain the regime’s illegal existence.

The Israeli regime has held four parliamentary elections just in the past two years, all of them inconclusive -- amid lack of confidence in Netanyahu and his allies.

Now, Bennett’s alliance could avert a fifth one. Netanyahu said Bennett was trying to preempt another election, because he knows that his party will not secure enough votes.

As his last shot, the Israeli prime minister had proposed that the premiership assume a rotational nature among officials, including him and Bennet.