Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s unforgettable quote that “Israel has no foreign policy, only domestic policy” was never as accurate as now. It is now less than a week before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial speech at the US Congress on March 3, and the commotion in Israel and Washington is reaching new heights. There is one issue in Israel on which there is a wall-to-wall consensus: The emerging agreement between the world powers and Iran is a “bad agreement.” Not only for Israel, but for the entire free world.

Great battles are now being waged around the question of what to do, and the question is dramatically affected by the fact that in addition to all this, Israel will be holding elections on March 17 and the current situation is a political standoff.

Israel views the Iranian nuclear menace to be an existential threat. Nevertheless, quite a few people in Israel are now fighting for their political lives. The first is Netanyahu. If he loses the elections, he will retire from politics. To lose, he needs to receive four fewer mandates than Zionist Camp Co-Chair Isaac Herzog.

In a secret survey conducted by Netanyahu on Feb. 20, Herzog led by 23-25. This constitutes a clear and present danger.