During his speech at AIPAC, Netanyahu was forced to mute his demand for Obama to agree to "red lines" on Iran's nuclear program that would trigger a US attack, descending instead into an incoherent, demagogic rant about a "nuclear duck" and the Holocaust. If Bibi accomplished anything during his visit to Washington, it was keeping the Palestinians off the discussion table, guaranteeing his government a free hand to build expand settlements in the West Bank and attack Gaza with impunity.
Almost as soon as he limped back to Jerusalem in frustration, Netanyahu gathered with his generals to gin up a case for pounding Gaza. The Gaza Strip, with its warehoused population of stateless refugees, would serve as their punching bag and pressure release valve.
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