What has the Israeli PM’s whirlwind of violence achieved? His closest ally now turning against him – and an emboldened Iran What has the Israeli PM’s whirlwind of violence achieved? His closest ally now turning against him – and an emboldened Iran B enjamin Netanyahu, the biggest loser in last week’s preliminary deal to halt the US-Israel-Iran war , will be remembered – and reviled – as the man who put the Middle East to the sword. Whether the “problem” was Hamas in Gaza, illegal West Bank land