The defiant, Trumpian blast was the latest evidence that Mr. Netanyahu and President Trump are running the same playbook to achieve strikingly similar goals: to neuter the judiciary, dismantle a system of oversight that puts a check on their authority and discredit national security professionals they see as arrayed against them.

Editor’s note (March 14th): Since this article was published, Binyamin Netanyahu has accused Ronen Bar, the head of Israel’s security service, of running a “campaign of blackmail threats” against him.

Strategic Analysis Australia Director Michael Shoebridge says US President Donald Trump has given his “full backing” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do “whatever he wants”.