Give Mr. Netanyahu his due: he's a cunning political animal. Three times Israel's prime minister, eclipsing even his country's most revered leaders. Israel's fractious politics would reduce many Western leaders to cinders, yet Bibi persists. And other than looking like Gollum, he seems hardly the worse for wielding all that power.

Bibi is Winston Churchill minus the wit. When Israel's situation was more fraught 50 or 60 years ago, they needed people like him. Today, a man of more egalitarian vision and reasoned compromise is called for.

The world is getting ready to declare a Palestinian state regardless of Israel's objections. I'm just saying.