The bomber, Ahlam Tamimi, who lives in Jordan, was charged by the United States in 2013 and is on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list; Jordan has declined to extradite her despite a 1995 U.S.-Jordan extradition treaty.

Even when peace is plainly out of reach, there remains a temptation to repeat the language of peace, present it as political theater and persuade ourselves that military victory is impossible.

Netanyahu’s previous trip to Washington took place in February, two weeks before the joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran known as 'Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury.'