Netanyahu wants to hit Iran hard, very hard before he leaves office. If he humiliates Iran, there is a good chance that the mullah regime will collapse. Then a government that will allow Iran to enter the modern 21st century and does not seek Israel’s destruction.
Netanyahu realizes that Iran has devolved into an existential threat to Israel’s existence. While others dismiss the mullah’s bizarre antics and “death to Israel” rhetoric and refuse to believe that they are seeking missile and nuclear weapons that can effectuate those threats, Netanyahu does not have the luxury of ignoring the threats.He is haunted by the early 1920’s. Then German Jews had the power and means to take definitive action against Hitler and his thugs. Tragically for the world and all of Western civilization they did not act. The Jews suffered the Holocaust. Netanyahu is determined to take definitive action and remove this Iranian existential threat to the Jewish people before he leaves office. If he doesn’t he will never have a moment of real peace.
I don’t question his resolve. He will protect Israel.
“If he humiliates Iran, there is a good chance that the mullah regime will collapse.”
Regime change is what would really solve the problem, but Israel probably can’t do that on their own. Getting rid of the regime would likely require a big covert effort within Iran itself, and possibly some major economic disruption, like a banking collapse.
Israel could mount a serious strike on Iranian military and surrogates in Syria though, which could be a major component of a combined assault to take down the regime.