Throughout the two-year Israel-Hamas War, Washington was faced with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's repeated thwarting of US efforts to end the fighting and, with it, the suffering of Israeli hostages, their families, and two million Gazans.Many in Washington sought to persuade the Biden administration to press the obstructive prime minister by withholding arms. Some urged a comprehensive embargo, others toyed with a limited one, and others yet suggested a prohibition on the use in Gaza of