Gaza is not Netanyahu’s exit; it may be his political end

Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for an alternative war. After his room for action against Iran became limited, and after Washington began pressuring Israel to restrain its actions in southern Lebanon, Gaza seems to be the only battlefield left for him. He needs a war to survive politically. He needs an open front to escape domestic questions, failure, and the image of a leader who promised to reshape the Middle East but now waits for Washington to allow or stop him. But Gaza is not an exit. Gaza may be his final trap. Since the ceasefire, Israel has not treated the agreement as a path to end the war. It has treated it as a temporary pause before another round. The […]