Analysts agree that although Israel, Greece and Cyprus are likely disappointed about the withdrawal of US and EU support from the EastMed project, it has served the valuable purpose of bringing them together diplomatically.
Defense officials call Iron Beam a "game changer" because it gives Israel almost hermetic protection from missiles and rockets, with the implication being that its enemies vast investments in manufacturing this threat will have been practically for naught.
With the collapse of the coalition imminent, everyone is playing for time, for their own reasons.
A political leader must not only think before he speaks but also consider whether what is on his mind is worth sharing at all.
The United States has weighed dropping the Revolutionary Guards' terrorist designation in return for some kind of action or commitment from Iran to rein it in but the White House is well aware of "the political sensitivity and price associated" with the controversial move.
Israeli forces are not wary of entering the largest terrorist hornets' nest in the West Bank, even in broad daylight, and the latest raid in Jenin may be the prelude to a wider military operation.
Images emerging from Thursday's terror attack in Tel Aviv are eerily similar to another one that hit the city in 2016.
The Israeli Air Force's phenomenal successes in recent years are impressive, but can also confuse us into missing some of the fundamental problems that could compromise Israel's military superiority if not rectified.
With only seven months before the US midterms, and with a third of the Senate and all of the House of Representatives up for election, the American president's shortcomings are more glaring than ever.
The Knesset can be dissolved while on recess, but the Likud will have a hard time finding a candidate the Joint Arab List can accept. Meanwhile, we can expect the government to grind to a halt.