Forget Trump — he just caddies for this guy. Like it or not, Benjamin Netanyahu is the 21st century's antihero

As he launches the unprecedented attacks against Iran, much seems to be going Netanyahu's way, from the decimation of both Hamas and Hezbollah leaders to the toppling of the Assad regime and softening of Arab regimes.

During his second government, between 2009 and 2013, he tried at least twice to launch attacks against Iran’s nuclear programme but was stymied

They died in their own beds. Hossein Salami and Ali Shamkhani—Iran’s most senior military officers and the stewards of Iran’s nuclear weapons program—had spent years threatening Israel with destruction.

US President Donald Trump should tell Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu "enough is enough", a former Israeli prime minister told AFP, denouncing the continuation of the war in Gaza as a "crime" and insisting a two-state solution is the only way to end the conflict.

"By defending ourselves, we're also defending our Arab neighbors, our Arab friends in peace, Europe, [and] the United States, which helps us all the time in our defense."

The prosecution is proceeding very conservatively to score any points it can on Netanyahu, concerned that otherwise he could outfox them on the witness stand.

On Friday, after two decades of continually raising the alarm and urging other world leaders to act, Netanyahu finally decided to go it alone, authorising an Israeli air assault aimed,

Obama administration officials scorned him, and years went by without an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program. But Oct. 7 changed Israel and its leader, and the writing was on the wall