evidence: The political fortunes of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a man accused domestically of corruption and internationally of war crimes, have turned from pitiful to promising. [...] "I have no doubt that Benjamin Netanyahu will be portrayed in the history books that will be written in the coming decades as Israel’s worst prime minister," Israeli historian Benny Morris wrote in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. [...] Netanyahu, 74, has been in elected politics since 1993. He has a well-earned reputation as a fighter — cautious but relentless. For much of the past year, though, he looked certain to go down in disgrace.