Benjamin Netanyahu on Trial

The logic of immunity for presidents and prime ministers has rarely been clearer than it is today at Washington and Jerusalem.

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Prime Minister Netanyahu will be the first foreign leader to meet with President Trump since his inauguration. Menahem Kahana/pool via AP

America is in the midst of a constitutional reckoning on presidential immunity which exists because, in part, of the importance of not impairing the boldness of the president. On the other side of the globe, though, Prime Minister Netanyahu this week is sitting in a courtroom testifying in a trial against him while also directing the Israel Defense Forces in a seven-front war against Iran and its proxies. Talk about the boldness of a leader.

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