The Israeli columnist Ari Shavit, writing in Haaretz, was brutal last week about the consequences of Netanyahu’s decision to defer action. Shavit argued that Iran is moving rapidly to the point where it would be immune to the sort of one-time, pinpoint airstrike that Israel could plausibly achieve. “Israel’s counter-threat is dissipating and losing its strength,” he wrote. “As a result, for the first time in its history, Israel will soon have to place its fate in the hands of others. The Israelis will not decide whether to be or not to be—President Barack Obama will decide.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-18/israel-s-fate-is-now-in-barack-obama-s-hands.html