COMMENT | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent years building influence in Washington. That influence is no longer producing the same result.

US President Donald Trump moved ahead with Iran. Netanyahu could not stop it.

For years, Netanyahu pushed the US toward confrontation with Tehran. He made Iran the centre of his strategic argument and treated pressure as the only language worth speaking.

Now an agreement is moving forward, but not on his terms and not under his control.

A leader built on escalation starts to weaken the moment escalation stops delivering clear...