As he launched the war against Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu promised his countrymen the conflict would be a watershed for Israel.
“This war will lead to peace,” the Israeli prime minister, who is preparing for an unprecedented seventh term in elections later this year, said at the outset of the US-Israeli campaign. “We have gone to battle to change the situation fundamentally, to put an end to the threat.”
But as Donald Trump announced a ceasefire five weeks later, with Iran’s regime still standing, still firing missiles, and still insisting on its right to enrich uranium, there was little sign that the conflict has been a game-changer for Israel — or for Netanyahu’s political fortunes.
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