The attack in Syria that, according to foreign sources, was carried out by Israel in the middle of last week [Jan. 29], is expected to fill an important role in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Sisyphean efforts to establish as broad a coalition as possible, including Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid, the ultra-Orthodox and — if possible — Habayit Hayehudi Chairman Naftali Bennett, too.
In fact, anyone who kept track of the prime minister’s announcements last week, even before the assault in Syria, can easily identify the connection Netanyahu makes between Assad’s loss of control in Syria and a possible solution to his own personal political headache.