The War Is Over for Israel, but the Accounting Has Yet to Begin

Will voters settle the score with Bibi—or double down on him?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting with the U.S. vice president at his office in Jerusalem on Oct. 22. November 5, 2025, 4:23 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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Now entering its second month and with U.S. President Donald Trump exerting enormous pressure to maintain it, the Israel-Hamas cease-fire looks like it will hold. Tens of thousands of reservists have returned home to their families and jobs, the sirens warning of incoming missiles have gone silent, and the last of the hostages are back. Israel’s postwar era can now begin.

A postwar accounting

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