And what's so unappealing about Netanyahu having to do his own dirty work?

I suppose this could be a good-cop, bad-cop routine between him and Obama, but from what I know of Bibi, "co-operation" isn't in his nature.

And how is he going to do this? Netanyahu is a political thug who has little or no interest in preserving anything except his own political career. This sabre rattling rhetoric is playing to the home crowd as the US / Israel relationship is being increasingly questioned. Watch out for this debatein May at the Oxford Union.

Only 2 days in and the new government is really nailing its colors to the mast: Israel Foreign Minister rejects Annapolis deal (the US sponsored 2007 agreement to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians).