My impression is that Obama turning his back on Israel is a hands-off way for him to force a dangerous battle.
He seems to like to see his “people” (comediens, pundits, thugs, “neighbors”..) do his dirty work. His hands are clean...He stays in charge of parties and hopey-changy speeches.
I think his “handlers” would kind of enjoy a the chaos world crisis and the resultant “benevolent” establishment of a New World Order, complete with unionized hickory-convincing-stick weilding Acorns....