Bibi’s Road |
Sometime in the summer of 2023, I purchased Benjamin Netanyahu’s autobiography Bibi; My Story. The six hundred and fifty pages are a quick read, narrating the account of a man who, no matter what opinion one holds of him, devoted his adult life to the service of his country, first in uniform and later in a suit and tie.
When the news of the October 7th massacre spread, my first thought was that Netanyahu, who had been called Mr. Security, completely failed his nation. And my first urge was to remove his book from my bookcase and donate it to the Goodwill store. But I stopped myself, and the book remained on the shelf.
A relatively successful Gaza maneuver followed. Then, a year later, the beeper operation, the killing of Yahya Sinwar, and the death of Hassan Nasrallah. I was glad I held on to Bibi’s book. But things took a different turn before the second inauguration of President Trump. In early January 2025, Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer and close friend of the President, who appointed him the Special Envoy to the Middle East, arrived in Israel. It was on Shabbat, and he insisted on speaking with Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s aides conveyed to Witkoff that the Prime Minister would meet with him after the Shabbat conclusion, but Witkoff demanded........