The doily beneath an espresso served to a guest at Benjamin Netanyahu's office still bears the inscription "Prime Minister of Israel." After Israel's Attorney General, Elyakim Rubinstein, decided last week not to prosecute the former Prime Minister for fraud, many political observers are betting Netanyahu will soon be able to order a new stock of those paper coasters. The man who 16 months ago quit politics after an electoral pummeling is now cast by right-wingers as the only leader who can prevent Prime Minister Ehud Barak from making too many concessions to the Palestinians.
While Netanyahu had behaved with "ugliness," said...
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