No need to ask who's in charge. Simply ask whose interests are prevailing at any one time.
Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state, but it *has* to operate within ME “security” parameters laid down by the US.
At the same time, Israel influences "those parameters in its own interests, chiefly by shaping military, political & cultural discourse in the US through the many levers available to it."
https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-03-27/tail-wag-dog-bigger-picture/
