Netanyahu’s Impossible Dream

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly claimed his goal is to completely “eliminate Hamas and Hezbollah, both politically and militarily.” That’s his impossible dream. Further, he claims that the wars — and UN declared genocide — being waged on the men, women and children living in Gaza and Lebanon won’t be over until he accomplishes that aberrant dream.

There’s more to it. The Israelis should have learned from their humiliating defeat in trying to take over Lebanon from Hezbol...