Rudyard Griffiths

So what is the extent here that this war, while initially began as a political win for Bibi Netanyahu, in fact, it was a culmination of what he himself has expressed was a 30-year campaign,

to bring about a large-scale attack, and I guess in his view, a preference for fundamental regime change in Iran.

Where does Bibi Netanyahu find himself today?

Because the war has been halted by Donald Trump as Americans seek to come to some compromise or understanding with the Iranian regime.

That compromise might involve, Janice, everything from unlocking tens of billions of dollars of frozen Iranian funds, the lifting of broad sanctions that had been crushing the Iranian economy for over a decade,

Possibly some understanding about a future role or involvement for Iran in the management of the Straits of Hormuz.

And you can add on top of all that, the reality is that some of the key objectives of the war, not only for the United States, but for Israel, most notably the destruction of

the ballistic missile program and a clear declaration from Iran that it would give up funding proxies in the region who are primarily directed against Israel.

None of that seems to be accomplished.

And now this, in a sense, major strategic campaign, military campaign underway in Southern Lebanon to create this buffer zone to the Latani River

is now in doubt.

So where does Bibi Netanyahu find himself strategically and politically a month or more now after the start of this war?

Amazing.

And Janice, just as we wrap up this, the first complimentary free section of Friday Focus, given...

The fact that this is turning into or it has aspects of a strategic defeat for Benjamin Netanyahu, that he's not seeing the political gains that he had hoped.

The recent polling in Israel suggests that his coalition would not no longer form a majority.

in the Knesset, what is the risk, what is the chance that he breaks somehow with the president in ways that might have consequences for the United States, either negotiations with Iran now or the future ability of the various parties in the region to abide by some agreement?

I'm wondering here, Janice, to what extent we're hearing from both the head of Mossad, from senior cabinet ministers in his administration, that their war aims remain what they are, regime change in Iran, that they are ready to go back on a war footing.

It seems, Janice, that...

While Donald Trump may want to wrap up this war quickly because of the midterm elections or whatever calculations he is making, there's more and more daylight, is there not, Janice, between the interests and outlooks of the Prime Minister of Israel and the President of the United States?