To summarize (so youse don't have to sit thru it), previously, Netanyahu had a number of pressure points on the US government, such as evangelical Christians and politicians who wanted to make a splash by opposing whatever the White House wanted, but those are much less effective with Trump in office, so the rise of Trump has actually reduced Netayahu's ability to mold events. Second, both Israel and Palestine were dealing with non-state actors like Hamas and Hezbollah, but now, the process is with places like UAE and the Saudis mediating, there is also a loss of leverage there.
however, I think that his metaphor of Trump's challenge in the middle east
he's trying to put together a Rubik's cube while people are still shooting at each other and at him in metaphorically speaking and the pieces themselves are sort of crumbling.
makes me realize that he's the moustache, and nothing will change that.
I've never been a fan of Friedman (aka "The Mustache of Understanding") but he has some good points in this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdPXAi8hMa4
To summarize (so youse don't have to sit thru it), previously, Netanyahu had a number of pressure points on the US government, such as evangelical Christians and politicians who wanted to make a splash by opposing whatever the White House wanted, but those are much less effective with Trump in office, so the rise of Trump has actually reduced Netayahu's ability to mold events. Second, both Israel and Palestine were dealing with non-state actors like Hamas and Hezbollah, but now, the process is with places like UAE and the Saudis mediating, there is also a loss of leverage there.
however, I think that his metaphor of Trump's challenge in the middle east
makes me realize that he's the moustache, and nothing will change that.