A better Israeli prime minister would offer a postwar vision for Gaza and articulate the real stakes in this war – one battle in the global struggle between the free and unfree worlds.
A better Israeli prime minister than Benjamin Netanyahu would immediately hold an election. Israelis deserve a government they believe can bring them out of crisis, not one that got them into this crisis.
If that government is still led by Netanyahu, at least he would have an honest mandate, and dissenting Israelis would have fewer reasons to protest him. It would also give the prime minister more authority over a military that seems to think that it can openly oppose the views of its civilian masters.
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Bret Stephens is a columnist for The New York Times.
