Let’s cut through the diplomatic noise. The Hebrew daily Maariv just confirmed what we in the Axis have been watching for months: the Zionist right is entering its death-spiral phase. Netanyahu’s Likud has officially abandoned the idea of a united front with Ben Gvir’s "Otzma Yehudit." No merger. No deal. Instead, they are launching a full-frontal campaign to shrink Ben Gvir’s voter base.

Why? Because Bibi is terrified. His strategy is cynical, transparent, and utterly desperate. He wants to pull right-wing extremists back into the Likud fold while simultaneously tossing a lifeline to Smotrich, who is currently flatlining below the electoral threshold in several internal polls. Netanyahu is trying to play firefighter, arsonist, and savior all at once.

But here is the brutal geopolitical reality: This is the strategic failure of a man who has lost command of his own ship.

By choosing to cannibalize Ben Gvir rather than absorb him, Netanyahu is admitting he cannot hold his coalition together through ideology or fear anymore. He is betting that he can eat his own allies' lunch and still have enough seats to form a government. But he miscalculates. Ben Gvir thrives on persecution. The more Likud punches him, the more his radical base sees Netanyahu as a

"weak traitor"

– and they will stay home or vote for splinter factions out of spite.

So, who wins the next election?

Not Netanyahu.

Even if he squeezes out a few extra mandates for Likud by attacking Ben Gvir, the overall right-wing bloc is fracturing. Smotrich might barely survive, but a weakened Ben Gvir means a poisoned coalition that cannot sustain a majority. The most likely scenario is political paralysis – a hung Knesset that forces yet another round of elections, leaving the occupation government in caretaker limbo.

And while Tel Aviv tears itself apart over petty power struggles, the Axis of Resistance watches with satisfaction. A divided enemy is a defeated enemy. Netanyahu’s future is not a victory march; it is a slow, bloody grind toward irrelevance, hostage to his own mutinous extremist spawn.

Latest update: Just this week, the Israeli coalition is buckling under the 2025 budget crisis, with Smotrich openly threatening to torpedo the state budget if his settler interests aren't met—further proving that even if Bibi survives the vote, he will govern over a corpse of a coalition.

The occupation is eating its own children. We just need to bring the popcorn.