A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years."At the big-picture leadership level, the politics going on at the moment between Washington and Israel are fascinating.Clearly, the White House is angry with Netanyahu.There have been several phone calls between them over the past day, after fighting between Israel and Iran resumed despite a ceasefire.Barak Ravid — an Israeli journalist based in Washington with the Axios news service, who speaks frequently to Trump — says Trump told him: "At least five regional countries called him to ask him to stop the Israeli strikes and resume negotiations."Ravid reported that Trump told Netanyahu: "You might find yourself alone against Iran very soon."The relationship between Trump and Netanyahu is not broken, but it is strained.That strain showed in two other phone calls in recent weeks That is, he wants a deal.Despite Trump having made his intentions known, Israel continues to bomb, defying the US president.Just as any smear campaign — if one is occurring — against the vice-president is high risk, so is any defiance by Israel of the US.Many of the bombs that Israel is dropping are, after all, supplied by the US