Israel wants a war, but not with Iran, for that would lead to disaster.  It would rather fight the Palestinians in Gaza -- again -- but Hamas is depriving the Israelis of good reasons.  Uri Avnery explains how Hamas has stolen a war in this  blog post, read here by the Old Mole's Bill Resnick.  Avnery is a founding member of Gush Shalom (peace bloc), independent movement in Israel.