In sum, the White House publicly insists, through John Kirby, that the U.S. backs Israel and imposes no “red lines” on its military campaign. At the same time, it not-so-privately expresses its displeasure with Israel’s conduct of the war on an almost daily basis.

No wonder Netanyahu and the Israelis see the non-veto as another manifestation of White House displeasure.

Biden has a right to play his double game. But Netanyahu has a right to be fed up with it.

He is under no obligation to be a prop for Joe Biden. Indeed, I submit that, as the leader of a sovereign state, he’s under an obligation not to be one.