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The study investigates the basic orientations and specific attitudes of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's to the Arab World, the Palestinian Arabs, and the Palestinian Arabs who are Israeli citizens. It is found that there is no significant difference in his view of the three groups when thinking of his aspirations, even if he has different tactics from those of the other Israeli leaders. His goal is complete Israeli sovereignty over all Palestinian soil and the removal of all Palestinians with the least damage. Nevertheless, Netanyahu realises that to introduce changes on local, regional and international levels makes a success of his policies a hard task. Therefore, he is seen to be the most equivocal Israeli politician, whose strategy is to run forward to avoid facing responsibilities. Another factor leading to his failure is, according to President Clinton, he overestimates his importance by acting like the president of a super state. He follows an eccentric rule in reading reality: 'imagine that your situation is so and so, even if it is just fantasy. Work on this basis, making use of the means of contact and the system of the state. This will come true in reality'. Such a rule may achieve some gains in the short run, but they will soon turn out to be illusory. In the aftermath of February 2009 elections Netanyahu forged a coalition government of extreme religious and right-wing parties on one hand, and the Labour Party on the other. He believed the coalition would allow him to evade political responsibilities, and grant him the role of mediator between the extreme right (Liberman) and the left (Barak). He does not demonstrate power or wisdom, but merely weakness. The irony is that he criticised his opponents in the election campaign for having left Israel in a position of weakness and humiliation. Finally, however, his most obvious weakness is the adoption of the rule: 'What counts is what the Jews do'.
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