The Gaza war mostly behind him – or perhaps not – Benjamin Netanyahu must soon face a volatile Israeli electorate.

The country will go to the polls by next fall, assuming his thin coalition government can pass a budget by spring.

Israelis are sharply divided over the man who has dominated their country’s politics for 30 years, and who was on watch when Hamas terrorists overran southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Few Israelis are more torn about Bibi than Israeli-Canadians; an estimated 35,000 Canadian citizens live in the Jewish state. For many of them, questions remain about Netanyahu’s wartime leadership, political survival and Israel’s future, reflecting the anxiety and divisions of postwar Israel.

“To say it’s complicated is an understatement,” noted Meir Balofsky, 49, from Ramat G

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