Politico op-ed: "Israel is similar to North Korea..."

".. Israel, in ways similar to North Korea’s national profile, depends on Washington’s guarantee of its key economic and strategic circumstances. But unlike North Korea, Israel is no longer the supplicant, and realizes that Washington has decided it must acquiesce to Israel’s recalcitrance on Middle East peace, as well as the evolution of an increasing structural division of Palestinians from Israelis within its borders..... Netanyahu is in no way similar to the dictators Kim Jong Il, but there is a similarly in the confidence both these leaders have that their chief international patrons will support them almost unconditionally. One looking at the situation from outer space would presume that Washington had the power and Israel was followed along. But, in fact, Israel seems to be calling its own shots and Washington is too paralyzed to use the power levers to control Israel’s political leadership..."