When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech Tuesday evening, it seemed for a moment as if he was going to announce his resignation. Why would he mention the highlights of his life, including his service in the elite Sayeret Matkal unit and his participation in a 1972 operation to rescue a hijacked Sabena plane, if it won’t lead up to the dramatic moment in which he steps down?

But had that happened, it wouldn’t be Netanyahu. He is not the person to lay down the keys and resign without his hand being cut off first. It soon turned out that, although similar, this isn’t Ehud Olmert’s resignation speech. Netanyahu didn’t build the narrative known as “There will be nothing because there is nothing” for a year and a half only to let it come crashing down in a single evening. We are talking about a well-built narrative that is supposed to continue serving him for a long time, even after the police had their say.

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