Netanyahu’s speech to Congress is Purim on the Potomac

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Tuesday, he will likely make reference to Purim, that holiday that will begin Wednesday night commemorating the Jews’ salvation from the hands of Haman and the Persians thousands of years ago.

 

How could he not; it’s a slam dunk.

 

Then the Persians wanted to destroy the Jews; today the Persians want to destroy the state of the Jews. Same peoples, same tired story line.

 

And in this modern day version of the Biblical Book of Esther that many of the US legislators he will be speaking to are familiar with from their Sunday school days,  Netanyahu — at least judging from his rhetoric  over the last few weeks — sees himself cast as a combination of Mordechai and Esther.

 

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