Support for prime minister wanes as his ‘plot to overturn Israel’s democracy’ is seen as threat to national security
On Friday afternoon, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, found himself standing at the side of a remote road in the vast desert valley that runs the length of the occupied West Bank’s frontier with Jordan.
Along with his defence minister, Yoav Galant, Netanyahu was inspecting the scene of a shooting attack earlier in the day that killed British-Israeli sisters Maia and Rina Dee, 20 and 15, and left their 48-year-old mother Leah fighting for her life. An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) search for the perpetrator is still under way.
