Some thoughts after a day spent running to and from a bomb shelter.

1. I’ve written before about the need for nuance when assessing President Trump – especially as a liberal Israeli.

Trump’s norm-busting, bullying style meant he could pressure both Hamas and Bibi to end the war and get the hostages out, and Israelis will be eternally grateful to him for that. But were I living in the United States, I’d see that same tendency as potentially disastrous for American democracy and for US’s alliances with the West.

Suffice to say, if Trump is the President who brings down the Iranian regime, history absolutely should laud him for it, whatever else can be said about him. And let that be no mistake, it is Trump far more than Netanyahu who is the key factor here. Whatever Bibi and his cheerleaders will tell you –........

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