Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political problems have been piling up. More court proceedings in his corruption trial, public anger at his attempts to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service and a push from outside – and inside – his government to end the ceasefire in Gaza.
And so on Tuesday, he returned to war. Those problems seem less important, for now. His appearance in court was postponed, the protests planned against his dismissal of the head of the Shin Bet have been overshadowed and the politicians pushing for war have been satisfied.
