For this reason, Netanyahu’s visit cannot be read as an ordinary visit, but rather as a visit to restore influence. In February, it seemed that the man was setting the tempo, and that he had succeeded in pushing Washington toward the moment he wanted. Today, however, he returns to the U.S. capital trying not to lose that tempo. He was accustomed to entering Washington with the keys to the region in his pocket, but this time he entered feeling his pockets, fearing that someone might have changed the locks.
