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Netanyahu identifies himself as a great and unique individual who, like Nietzsche's Übermensch and Ayn Rand's heroes, is free from the rules of "slave morality" that govern ordinary people

The assassination of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei marks the first time that Israel has openly executed the leader of a sovereign state. It's hard to overstate the high stakes for Benjamin Netanyahu, who ignited a regional war and dragged U.S. President Donald Trump and the Arab Gulf states into it, as the opening move of the election campaign for the 26th Knesset.