President Joe Biden is at his wits& end.
The Israeli military is exasperated.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis who regularly take to the streets suspect their leader of trying to prolong the war.
And then there are the international organisations, European powers, hostage families and members of the US Congress.
If nothing else, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brought together an impressive list of adversaries who, even if they are sympathetic to Israel's national security needs, are convinced that Netanyahu is, in Biden's words, &bullshitting& them about ceasefire negotiations.