As Israel raises its military stakes against the Iran-sponsored proxies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to persuade the traditional Western partners that his muscular strategy is the only option to save Israel from doom. Despite the US and the EU increasingly demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, the war has been extended to the Lebanese front. Israel is under attack and is fighting against Iran’s proxies, which might lead to an eventual showdown with the regime in Tehran. Meanwhile, the conservative-to-hard-right government led by Netanyahu — a populist Likud politician with more th…