President Trump claims that Prime Minister Netanyahu supports the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran. “Bibi is OK with it,” he said. “Why is it good for Bibi? Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon under any circumstance.”

That is reassuring, so long as Donald Trump is the one enforcing the agreement.

The real question is not what happens in 2026. The real question is what happens in 2028, 2032, or beyond, when a new sheriff arrives in Washington who may not share Trump’s determination to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Agreements do not enforce themselves. Treaties, memoranda, and diplomatic assurances are only as durable as the leaders willing to uphold them. Administrations change. Priorities shift. Political winds reverse direction.

We Jews have seen this movie before.

Recall the biblical account of Joseph. Sold into slavery by his brothers, falsely imprisoned, and ultimately elevated by Pharaoh,........

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