Sovereign leadership is not a product of routine, but a child of crisis.

The attempts to portray the prime minister as the reason why people hate Jews or for having “bullied” President Trump into the conflict are rooted in traditional blood libels.

Sometimes political warnings do not come from within, but from abroad.

Assuring the war would be “quick and decisive,” the prime minister said removing the Islamic dictatorship would transform the region and the world.

The prime minister’s invoking of Purim wasn’t merely an apt analogy. It was Bibi at his best, calling for unity in the face of what could turn out to be a biblical challenge.

“This will be a democratic and equitable commission,” the Israeli prime minister said in a statement, adding that he would be the first to testify.

This is no longer merely a trial of a prime minister. It has become a trial of the system that brought him to the dock.

“We are talking about an independent commission of inquiry with full powers, exactly as defined in the Commissions of Inquiry Law,” said the Israeli premier.

After his recent turnaround speech that drew heavy criticism, Netanyahu now refers to the events of October 7 as an “attack” (using the Hebrew word for a large-scale military assault).