Desperate Netanyahu Threatens Western Nations Like A Mafioso

As I got to know Netanyahu, I could see that he was like my boss: a force of nature. Yet they were men of different temperaments and backgrounds. Bibi, as he is known to all, was a veteran of both political fights and real warfare. He was a decorated hero, as was his brother Yonatan, who was killed in 1976 during the rescue of Israeli hostages at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda. In private, Bibi was calm and loquacious. Always thinking, always pushing, and always happy to hear various points of view, he was a capable manager, but also one who could burn through team members with lightning speed. Hardworking, he’d call me at any time of day or night. He once flew to meet me face to face in a cramped hotel room in Brussels to share one tiny message. It was that important for him to work with America’s secretary of state in person. He had a capable national security advisor and a firm grip on his entire national security apparatus. Like me, he was often frustrated with his Ministry of Defense and its unwillingness to use the tools they had been provided. // Niver Give an inch