What Makes Benjamin Netanyahu Tick

Increasingly, it’s become commonplace for people—both those overtly hostile to Israel and those somewhat sympathetic to it—to speak of “Netanyahu’s war.” The phrase betrays stunning ignorance. While Israelis are deeply divided about what direction the war should take, and even more deeply divided in their opinions of the prime minister, the general feeling is that the war is a necessity, being fought by the people’s army as an expression of the national will.