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Poll Predicts Likud Majority: How Netanyahu’s Political Fortune Turned Around Post Nasrallah Killing Benjamin Netanyahu is becoming more popular in Israel.The prime minister’s ratings were down in the dumps after the October 7 attack by Hamas.Netanyahu, who had positioned himself as the man who kept Israelis safe, was widely thought to have taken his eye off the ball.Netanyahu returned to power in December 2022 at the helm of the most right-wing Israeli government ever.This after his Likud Party won just 32 seats in the 120-seat Knesset.The swearing-in ceremony capped a remarkable comeback for Netanyahu, who was ousted in 2021 after 12 straight years in power.Netanyahu had to make a string of concessions and tie up with a number of far-right parties to gain power for a record sixth time.Netanyahu was leading an alliance of religious and far-right parties that had vowed to prioritise settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, extend massive subsidies to his ultra-Orthodox allies and push for sweeping reform of the judicial system.