The ex-Netanyahu spokesman told Shin Bet investigators he feared revealing the official's identity would open a 'crazy Pandora's box' and put him at risk. A memorandum noted: 'We will get to the whole truth with or without him,' more than a year before police acted on the claim

Netanyahu's cross-examination in his criminal trials has been plagued by unprecedented disruptions. Of nearly 60 scheduled hearings, only 15 went ahead without being canceled or cut short. While Netanyahu has at times offered dubious excuses, his judges also bear part of the responsibility

However flawed, Fatah operates according to reasoned assessments, while Hamas considers no amount of death, suffering or defeat too great in pursuit of its millenarian ends. Both Hamas and Israel's far-right government must not be allowed to sabotage the Gaza cease-fire