That's an important question, given that Israel is currently fighting on two fronts against Arabs: in Gaza, where Palestinians have launched rocket attacks, and the Golan Heights, where the Syrian civil war is spilling over the border. Netanyahu has learned absolutely nothing from the Bush-Cheney experience in Iraq, still absolutely convinced to bully the Palestinians into submission, still unable to see the difference between them and the thuggish leaders they choose.
Israel can and must survive, for the sake of Jews everyone and democracy in the Middle East. But Israel desperately needs leadership that can balance its security needs with those of its neighbors. Otherwise, at best, it will become a badly isolated nation, even from its best friend, the United States. It's easy to fault Obama for not doing more for Israel; it's not quite so easy to see that Netanyahu is not giving him much of an incentive to do better.
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