Netanyahu's long road to confronting Iran

(JNS) — Two qualities of leadership define Benjamin Netanyahu at this pivotal moment.

The first is the ability to pursue an objective that appears impossible—relentlessly, patiently, for years—until circumstances align and it can finally be achieved. History remembers Winston Churchill for precisely this: breaking the paralysis of fear before Nazi aggression and dragging a reluctant world toward victory. Netanyahu’s struggle against Iran’s nuclear ambitions belongs to that same category of long, lonely battles.

The second quality is the moral stamina to endure constant internal and internation...