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.

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”.

Trump’s decision to follow Netanyahu’s lead is wrong. Continuing to enable this war will result in more violence and further U.S. entanglement in the region. Ending support fo