Since May, Netanyahu has attended four important diplomatic summits with influential world leaders.

The whirlwind bout of diplomacy started with US President Donald Trump’s first visit to Israel in May. After that, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived for a historic visit on July 4, and on July 16, Netanyahu landed in Paris and spent quality time with the young new president of France, Emmanuel Macron, who promised to visit Israel soon. From Paris, Netanyahu continued to Budapest, where he met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Anyone following Netanyahu’s well-tended and well-updated Facebook page has been inundated by video clips, photos and posts of Israel’s prime minister striding on red carpets, taking off and landing in different countries, flying in a helicopter over the skies of Israel and walking on the beach with world leaders. The photo album of Trump’s visit effectively conveys the extent of the friendship between the leader of the free world and the prime minister of Israel.

No one would dispute that Netanyahu is now considered one of the world’s prominent leaders. He’s impressive, and he conveys prestige, seniority and power. He’s a welcome guest at almost all important world capitals — Moscow, Washington, Berlin and Paris. He enjoys the prestige of the local high-tech industry and Israel’s economic and military might, and he projects international savvy in polished English and with broad erudition.