Wartime leaders usually get a popularity bump. Israel’s hasn’t

AT THE START of wars or national-security crises, democratic leaders usually enjoy a surge in popular support. In the two weeks after the attacks of September 11th 2001 George W. Bush’s approval rating rose from 51% to 90%. Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has seen no such bump. The first polls taken since Hamas, a Palestinian militant group, killed over 1,400 people on suggest that rather than rallying around the flag, are turning on their government.Read more on the war between Israel and Hamas