Netanyahu's Instability and Israel's Strategic Options in the Middle East

"But Netanyahu's situation is unstable. A supermajority of Israelis wants him out. He doesn't want to resign because, if he does, he could go to prison. Additionally, he has been a power achiever for 30 years. And I've noticed that people who do that often don't like to quit. It's a very recognizable syndrome, I would say. Not limited to Bibi. It's international.

Yes, it's international. OK, how does he not resign? Spectacular circumstances justify his presence. There are basically two options. One, once all the hostages are exchanged, they go back into Gaza or, I guess, 1B is to do the same in the West Bank, which is already happening right now.

What do you mean by doing the West Bank? Invade it and exit. What about the people who live there? Not Israel's problem. The problem is that the United States is the military underwriter of this. The Israelis probably can't do this without us selling them weapons. And while Americans are tuned out and not thinking about this kind of thing, our reputation overseas is that of an arms dealer.

Option two is Iran. I will quote the hard-line perspective as the head of the snake in the conception of the Israeli hard-line and also of the neoconservative right in the United States."