The Israeli PM wants to bolster his position and ward off global pariah status. But he has shifted gears before and may do so again The Israeli PM wants to bolster his position and ward off global pariah status. But he has shifted gears before and may do so again I n Gaza, children , journalists and rescue workers who have seen their peers and colleagues killed in front of their eyes for the past two years have started to rejoice at the prospect that their living nightmare could finally be over.