where you can almost see the outlines of a campaign for the next prime minister of israel. i think we re in the battle now for people to jockey and see who might replace netanyahu. one obvious person is the defense minister who has been a hawk and very close to washington the last couple weeks. another person is benny gantz, former head of the israeli military who has already called for new elections. but i think the position the united states wanted to be in was as friend and supporter but also as restraint for israel, just to preserve our position in our own coalition with our allies, who are very upset about what israel has done. all right. the washington post s david ignatius, thanks so much. let s bring into the conversation staff writer at the new yorker, susan glasser. she s a co-host of the political scene podcast.