This seems a reasonable summary of the emerging state-of-play: https://www.unz.com/article/three-hours-in-the-kremlin/ Larry C. Johnson has been very accurate on this subject from the beginning. As he says, Netanyahu is caretaker for the next six weeks and will do everything in his power to prevent peace from breaking out. Creating the false impression that Iran is an escalating aggressor is not unexpected. Isn’t Netanyahu’s claim of ‘outside interference’ in the Israeli election a perfect example of chutzpah? Let us all pray that the dogs of war do not get their way.