The statement is short on specifics, but it comes on the heels of several apparent major failures of Israeli policy. This, too, is probably receding, partly as an effect of the Israeli and US miscalculation in Qatar. Israeli society is substantially exhausted and perhaps unwilling to stay the course. These trends are reflected in Netanyahu’s speech and in the frustration and division within Israeli society itself. We know that it cannot survive without massive support and protection from the United States and its powerful Zionist lobby.