Ultimately Netanyahu is likely to be stymied by one factor which operates in both countries but which he is unable to control: domestic public opinion. In the West, including the United States, it has turned decisively against Israel, even if the spat with Iran becomes a temporary distraction.

He may have forgotten Gabriel Kolko’s golden rule that domestic politics ultimately trumps foreign policy.

Source: Biden, Netanyahu and the golden rule – Pearls and Irritations