Two camps of Israel supporters in the US are now fighting over tactics, not goals — and a widening Middle East war is pushing oil prices sharply higher.

• Hillary Clinton and other centrist Democrats are pinning the blame on Netanyahu personally, a move designed to restore unconditional US backing for Israel once he is gone.
• The split is about pace and visibility, not direction: one camp wants to seize land openly, the other wants slower, quieter control that avoids public backlash.
• The Houthis have taken the Yemeni port of Mocha, giving them a grip on the Bab al-Mandeb strait — a second chokepoint on top of Hormuz.
• Oil has jumped about $20 in recent weeks as the US struggles to fight the Houthis in the Red Sea and Iran in the Gulf at the same time.
• Iran is holding back deliberately, having fired warning shots near US ships rather than trying to sink one.

Outlook: If Iran concludes Trump plans all-out war after the midterms, it may strike first in the weeks before the vote to maximize the political damage.