<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Kusukela ngo-1984 kuya ku-1988, uNetanyahu wayengummeleli oMile wakwa-Israyeli eZizweni Ezihlangene. Ngo-1993, wakhethwa njengoSihlalo weLikud, waba nguMholi Weqembu Eliphikisayo. Waqhubeka nokunqoba uNdunankulu owayekhona uShimon Peres okhethweni lwango-1996, futhi waqokwa njengoNdunankulu omncane kunabo bonke kwa-Israyeli. Ngemuva kokukhonza isikhathi esisodwa, uNetanyahu noLikud bahlulwa kanzima okhethweni lwango-1999 yiqembu lika-Ehud Barak i-One Israel party; UNetanyahu wakhetha ukuthatha umhlalaphansi kwezepolitiki ngokuphelele, futhi wangena emkhakheni wangasese. Kodwa-ke eminyakeni eminingana kamuva, ngemuva kokuthi owamlandela njengoSihlalo weLikud, u-Ariel Sharon, abe nguNdunankulu, u-Netanyahu waqiniseka ukuthi uzobuyela kwezepolitiki, futhi wasebenza njengoNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle kanye noNgqongqoshe Wezezimali. NjengoNgqongqoshe Wezezimali, u-Netanyahu waqala izinguquko ezinkulu emnothweni wakwa-Israyeli ezazishiwo ngababukezi ngokuthi zithuthukise kakhulu ukusebenza kwezomnotho kwa-Israyeli. UNetanyahu kamuva waxabana noSharon, wagcina esehoxa ngenxa yokungavumelani mayelana neGaza  <response>: uhlelo lokuhoxa. 