The key term in the prime minister's close circles is "base." This American political term refers to the part of the right-wing population that both set up the Netanyahu government and ensures its survival. The strategy that has guided Benjamin Netanyahu over the past three years is a fundamental strategy of don't lose the base - not to commit any act that will cause the Likud leader to lose the support of the nationalists, the national-religious or the Haredim who got him into the Prime Minister's Office.
The base strategy has proved itself. Even when hostile political legions besieged the government, the stable base ensured Netanyahu a stable administration. No political failure, no social failure and no public storm have undermined the steadfast government of the secular right, religious right and Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) right.
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