A secret flight to the Gulf right before an election isn'tis statesmanship, it's damage control from someone desperate to kill a story about ignored warnings. When intelligence chiefs and foreign leaders reportedly sound the alarm and nothing happens, the accountability belongs at the top, not in a lawsuit against the officials who spoke up. Voters deserve the truth, not a diplomatic photo op used to bury it.

Focused on Iran, Yemen and the Houthis, the meeting underscored shifting regional priorities. Reports of Saudi and other Gulf representatives joining Netanyahu and MBZ for talks on regional defense point to deepening strategic alignments. The emerging cooperation suggests security calculations are taking precedence, even as the Palestinian issue remains unresolved.