Middle East experts agree that whatever the goal of the aberrant rocket launch on Saturday, Israel is responding not to Syrian President Bashar Assad but to Iran.

PM Netanyahu, meanwhile, reportedly plans to fill their vacated cabinet seats with members of his own Likud party, rather than with members of the United Right party, who are demanding the seats.

Survey predicts Sept. 17 election will see Likud win 36 Knesset seats, Blue and White 34, and Yisrael Beytenu eight seats. This would give the Right 59 seats and the Left 53, a number that could grow to 61 if Yisrael Beytenu joins it.

Israel has yet to determine who was behind the most recent rocket attack from Syria, but multiple actors – the Syrian regime, Iranian proxies or Palestinian terrorist groups – could have an interest in changing the rules of the game.

U.S. president says the political situation in Israel is “all messed up," adding “we’re not happy about that." Trump also says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may be right in assessing that the administration’s forthcoming Middle East peace plan may not go anywhere.