Netanyahu phenomenon already three terms as head of Israel

What think Benjamin Netanyahu when he goes to pray at the Wailing Wall for a few days of the legislative elections?

The next elections, scheduled for March 17 announcement is tight for the one who beats records of longevity at the head of the Israeli government.

Anxious to avoid defeat, "Bibi", as affectionately called the Israelis, has staked everything on the security argument.

This is a taillle challenge for the future Prime Minister, who will also maintain the economic vitality of Israel while addressing its enormous social disparities.

Aged 65, the former diplomat was not destined to become the most famous of Netanyahu. Between a father and a hero famous historian brother of war, the youngest of the family, became a charismatic speaker, easily stand out.

Joined the Likud nationalist party in the late 80s, there is a meteoric rise. In 1996, Benjamin Netanyahu 47 years and became the youngest head of government by defeating Shimon Peres, the architect of the Oslo agreements, Netanyahu is an opponent.

However gathers skeptical of the peace agreement.

It will even under the leadership of the United States, and against the advice of his own camp, who signed the Wye Plantation agreement with the Palestinian Authority in 1998.

This plan, which provides for the evacuation of 13% of the territory of the West Bank, will never be applied.

In 1999, against all odds, he was defeated in the elections by his Labour rival Ehud Barak. He resigned from the chairmanship of the Likud and provides political retirement 3 years.

Back in the political arena in 2002, he was foreign minister in the government of Ariel Sharon. It uses the Likud leadership in 2005 and leads to victory in 2009.

The head of the Israeli government has not changed its stance on the Palestinian issue: continued colonization, opposed to progress in peace talks to security risk pattern. It embodies the hard-line Likud. Blocking hardens with the Palestinian Authority.

Blowing hot and cold, but he will speak in favor of a two-state solution, perceived as an act of treason guided by Washington, for many supporters of Likud:

"If we get this guarantee for demilitarization and security adjustments for Israel, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people, we will be ready for a real peace agreement to reach a solution for demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state. "

With US ally, he plays the game, trying to avoid offending until this recent and unprecedented episode of an Israeli head of government from criticizing US foreign policy within the Congress. Cheered by Republicans when he denounced the negotiations with Iran, Netanyahu incurred the wrath of Barack Obama, while relations between the two men were already strained.

Maybe is it is a step wrong, which could cost him some votes?

Likud leader has himself admitted that the risk of loss was "real." The latest polls give a short lead in the list on the left center.