Bibi on the Brink & Congressional Hell Week

Hello, and welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. In tonight’s dispatch, my reporting on how Benjamin Netanyahu has alienated not just the Biden White House, perhaps Israel’s last true friend, but the Israeli national security establishment, too.
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Hello, and welcome back to The Best & The Brightest. I’m Julia Ioffe, coming to you a day early as the Middle East teeters somewhere between returning to a post-October 7 status quo and World War III. Peter Hamby will be with you tomorrow.

In tonight’s dispatch, my reporting on how Benjamin Netanyahu has alienated not just the Biden White House, perhaps Israel’s last true friend, but the Israeli national security establishment, too.

But first, here’s the wonderful Abby Livingston from the Hill...

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Bibi Stings

Biden, Blinken, and Sullivan aren’t the only ones losing patience with the Israeli prime minister. The Israeli national security establishment has its own profound gripes and concerns, too.

JULIA IOFFE

On Saturday night, as hundreds of Iranian drones and rockets sped toward Israel, the country once again faced a dilemma that has become all too familiar: What was good for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t necessarily good for Israel, and vice versa. While the country braced for attack, Bibi’s political demise was, once again, delayed, deus ex cruise missile. The U.S., Britain, and France pitched in to help Israel shoot down nearly all the rockets and drones, while Jordan, whose population is heavily Palestinian, shot down some 20 percent of the incoming fire. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was declaring America’s full-throated support for Israel, calling it “ironclad.” News networks interrupted coverage to report that Joe Biden and Bibi were due to speak shortly after the attacks commenced; Biden reassured the P.M. that...

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