At this stage, Netanyahu’s locked in to the wider battle, and politics will have to await its turn
These are momentous — but anxious — days. In retrospect, Trump’s victory over Harris has emerged as a watershed moment in Israel’s history. It’s now safe to say that Netanyahu’s legacy will be defined not by October 7, but by the elimination of the gravest existential threat to the State of Israel since the day of its founding.
The United States struck after midnight, almost the same hour as Israel’s early-morning assault, but without the element of surprise. The only ones caught off guard were doom-and-gloom Israeli TV anchors who’d pontificated about Trump’s fickleness even as the attack plans were coordinated with Israel behind the scenes.
The final order, late on Motzaei Shabbos, Israel time, cements Trump’s place in the pantheon of great American presidents who have come to Israel’s aid, but also rockets Bibi to an all-time high in Israeli public opinion.
“There was full coordination between myself and President Trump,” Bibi said in his 5 a.m. statement, shortly after the attack.
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