Just four months ago Binyamin Netanyahu witnessed the fulfilment of his decades-old political dream: the start of a joint US-Israeli war on Iran.But what was billed in Israel as the “final” battle against its arch-foe did not go to plan.Donald Trump’s interim deal with Iran has been received with fury in Israel, as critics alleged a vast strategic failure overseen by a weak-willed US leader. Washington has fired back, with vice-president JD Vance warning Israel to “wake up and smell the reality” of its situation.“They over-reached,” said Dan Shapiro, a former senior US official and ambassador to Israel, referring to Trump and Netanyahu. “Both of them were high on their own supply, misjudged what they could achieve ... and squandered the most favourable strategic position.”Netanyahu was repeatedly feted at meetings with Trump after the latter’s return to power: the pair met no less than seven times between the US president’s inauguration and the start of the war. But since a fateful February meeting in the run-up to the conflict, they have not appeared together.As part of its agreement with Iran, Washington has also sought to impose a ceasefire on Israel’s fight with Hizbullah in Lebanon, drawing howls of protest from northern Israeli residents and far-right ministers angry at what both groups have called a “loss of sovereignty”.Donald Trump welcoming Binyamin Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, last December. Photograph: Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times