These fighting words were uttered by Benjamin Netanyahu—in 2009, when he was running to become Israel’s next prime minister.
A few months after making this promise, Netanyahu took office.
Fifteen years later, Netanyahu is about to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress.
He’ll be the first foreign leader to have done so four times, more even than Winston Churchill.
After all, Netanyahu last addressed Congress in 2015, to lobby against Barack Obama’s impending Iran nuclear deal.
Spoiler alert: Netanyahu did not advance the two-state solution in the years that followed.
The truth is the reverse: What matters are not the words Netanyahu speaks but the actions he ultimately takes. »
