Netanyahu, I believe, has been fighting the Deep State since day 1.   I've always considered him a CIA lapdog who has followed along with US demands to weaken his country and strengthen his enemies. Compare the things that Yitzhak Rabin stood for:   united Jerusalem keeping the Jordan Valley more settlements  to the things that Netanyahu and Ariel Sharon did:   full evacuation of Gaza halting settlement construction offering a divided Jerusalem giving up unfinished wars in Lebanon and Gaza  and it's clear that the right wing has not been pulling the strings. The Deep State is aligned with the Haaretz/Labor wing and the Arabs. If Netanyahu has been fighting them, it has been in the background. This might explain the closer relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia.