What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why | Jonathan Freedland

The clearest, and perhaps only, way out of the current agony lies with Donald Trump and his impatience with an ever-more isolated Israel .

Trump 's tour of the past several days signifies a sharply different approach to the Middle East .

He did not merely greet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warmly, he gushed with adoration.

In Saudi Arabia , he agreed a deal that will see Saudi Arabia acquire $ 142bn of US arms.

On trial for corruption, he can only be sure to stay out of prison if he remains in the PM’s chair.

To do that, he has to keep his ruling coalition in place, including the two ultra-nationalist extremists, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich .

Those men want the war to go on and on, dreaming of a Gaza cleared for the return of Jewish settlements.

Netanyahu bows to their demands and keeps the fires of war burning no matter the human cost.