Israel and USA: we are about to find out who is the dog and who is the tail

I’ve followed Israeli politics for decades, because, at least until Trump, they were pretty much the most entertaining politics to follow. Of course, when you’re the only democracy in the Middle East, it’s not hard to be the most entertaining, but by golly, is there ever a show going on right now. Former PM Benny Ganz is getting the red-carpet treatment in Washington as I type these words. This is after The Great Leader personally and publicly forbade Ganz from making the trip. Ooh-la-la! I love the smell of defiance in the morning! Do you see the game playing out here? Team Biden are fed up with Netanyahu’s defiance. In return for a veto on every UNSC cease-fire resolution, Team Biden has a few simple asks: -let more food in, because starving babies on Al Jazeera are gonna make Joe lose Michigan- stop killing women and children, or at least scale back till after the election- Pleasepleaseplease pretend the “two state solution” is still a thing. All the Americans got in return is a big fat “Fuck you, Joe” as Bibi cranked the the war-crimes dial to 11. Suddenly there’s a whole lot of defiance coming right back at Bibi. The Americans are hosting Bibi’s toughest political rival, who’s polling at 50% approval against Netanyahu’s 32%. And that’s after he caught a big jump post October 7. I smell regime change in the wind.