Hyderabad, Oct. 13 -- It is relatively easy to fight a war with dreaded enemies on the front, but it is tougher to confront peace with its own citizens.

This is the predicament of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for whom the two-year-long conflict with Hamas came as a temporary reprieve. With coalition partners not fully satisfied with peace deal, the old cases of bribery, fraud and breach of trust will come again to haunt him. Ever since his election as Prime Minister in late December 2022 till the first week of October 2023 lakhs of Israelis used to protest every Saturday (the weekly holiday in that country) seeking his resignation for his alleged arm-twisting of judiciary which had censured him.

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