As Jordan’s king was praying for the Oval Office floor to swallow him up, Israel’s PM was trying to work out how high the president wanted him to jump. What about the bullies of Hamas?

Benjamin Netanyahu was born in Tel Aviv in 1949. He began as a young soldier in elite units of the Israeli army, participating throughout the 1960s in different combat operations at a very high level.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said the cease-fire would end if Hamas did not release captives held in Gaza. But ...