Again, the revelations “shouldcreateacomfortingfeeling—that officials are not asleep at the switch” (Heilbrunn’s words)—whileWashington marches stalwartlytowarddisaster.
For instance, it is hard to imagine how Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could have defended Jerusalem as stalwartly as he did during his trip to Washington this week if he hadn't known that the public is with him.