As Israel approaches elections later this year, it’s fair to assume that even the great political survivor, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is closer to the end than the beginning of his career. One politician who is often seen as a potential successor from within his Likud party is Nir Barkat, a tech millionaire who served as Jerusalem’s mayor for a decade. Barkat, currently the country’s minister of economy and industry, has previously declared his intention to vie for his party’s