I instructed my party to embark on this effort after coordinating the move with Mr. Netanyahu himself. Only later did Mr. Netanyahu change his mind and insist on making his candidacy contingent in the declaration of general elections. It certainly wasn't Mr. Netanyahu's fault. Bibi says he had only Israel's best interests in mind. The problem with that statement is that someone who really cares about his country doesn't run away from the battle just because the fighting is difficult and he is liable to get some mud on his clothes.
Life is tough.
The Middle East has never been a rose garden and all of us could use a vacation. But that doesn't change the fact that a real leader doesn't walk off the job and abandon his country and his people because he thinks the job is going to be difficult. A real leader rolls up his sleeves and gets his clothes dirty, if that is what is required of him. Now that's what I call a leader. Imagine you owned a business, and in the middle of a slump your high-priced chief executive officer notified you that he is resigning because the job is too difficult.