نتانیاهو در واکنش به این انتخاب، در حساب خود در شبکه اجتماعی ایکس (توییتر سابق) نوشت:
«من مفتخرم که به شما، شهروندان اسرائیل، خدمت کنم و کشورمان را از همیشه قوی‌تر کنم. متشکرم!»

فهرست سالانه مجله تایم یکی از شناخته‌شده‌ترین رتبه‌بندی‌های جهانی است که هر ساله چهره‌های اثرگذار در حوزه‌های سیاست، اقتصاد، فرهنگ و جامعه را معرفی می‌کند. حضور نتانیاهو در این فهرست در شرایطی صورت می‌گیرد که منطقه خاورمیانه با تحولات گسترده سیاسی و نظامی مواجه است.

Like President Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu once faced the political wasteland: the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, left the Israeli Prime Minister responsible for the worst security failure in his country’s history. The political comeback he then engineered may have exceeded Trump’s own. Israel’s devastation of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure, its crippling strikes alongside the U.S. on Iran’s nuclear program in the 12-Day War, and the eventual extraction of all remaining hostages from Gaza have boosted his standing with the Israeli public. This same legacy may also poison international attitudes toward his country. The staggering human toll in Gaza, ongoing West Bank settlement expansion, another incursion into Lebanon, and a darkening war with Iran eroded support among younger Americans—even as Washington remains Israel’s indispensable security partner. More chapters will soon be written, but Netanyahu has yet to resolve the tension at the center of his comeback: the actions that saved him politically will also define—and complicate—his legacy. Bremmer is a TIME editor-at-large and president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media