Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a right-wing extremist, a politician without vision, a hedonist and a prevaricator (it’s not nice to call a prime minister a liar), but he’s by no means dumb. It’s hard to believe that he didn't anticipate the political storm that ensued from his decision to deny Adolf Hitler credit for the annihilation of the Jews in a speech he gave at the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem. We should assume that Netanyahu was not surprised at the harsh responses to his attribution of the initiative to kill the Jews to Haj Amin Al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem. He was most likely aware of the fact that he’s rewriting the most terrible chapter in the history of the Jewish people. But Netanyahu isn’t interested in revising history, he’s too busy revising reality.
This was the case when Netanyahu declared on election day that "Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls,” adding, “Left-wing organizations are busing them out.” While this was a racist lie, it certainly helped the prime minister win re-election. After this lie helped him stay at Balfour Street, Netanyahu invited a group of Arab sycophants and made them a weak apology.
