The Likud primary is shaking the party like a super El Niño • Likud defector Gilad Erdan is playing the bad boy • There's a new name on the far right's target list • Does Avigdor Lieberman plan to maneuver Eisenkot into a rotation agreement as prime minister?

Iran may reap the greatest rewards from the region's emerging order, while Israel faces the consequences • Defense Minister Israel Katz's failed bid to oust a top general came at a broader cost • Netanyahu's government has bigger problems than foreign influence campaigns