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Zalman Shoval, the former Israeli ambassador to Washington, said, “During the third week of the Gaza war, America’s position in the course of events is becoming more and more clear, and that the talk is not only about a war between Israel and Hamas, but about a global battle.”
Shoval explained – in an article published by the Israeli newspaper Maariv yesterday, Tuesday, in an article entitled “This is not just a campaign between Israel and Hamas, but rather a global campaign” – that, given the differences in circumstances and players, there is a comparison between the current war and the war of October 6 of 2017. 1973.
He added that it was similar cold War Among the West led United State Andsoviet union Previously, there is an ideological and strategic struggle over the global order between the axis of Russia, China and Iran on the one hand, and the Western axis led by Washington on the other hand, and the best expression of this is the picture of the Chinese and Russian presidents, and comparing it to the picture of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US President Joe Biden.
The writer believed that the United States in the current war has an opportunity to obstruct the path of China and Russia in the region, as well as to repel Iran’s “aggressive and hegemonic tendencies in the region,” as he described it.
The former Israeli ambassador stated, “American support for Israel is not a bear hug, but rather a real hug, because only America is capable of giving it, and it is our duty to value this position.”
On the issue of prisoners and abductees held by the Palestinian resistance movement (agitationShuval said that concern about the fate of the kidnapped, especially those with dual nationalities, plays a major role in influencing the American position, criticizing Washington for not exploiting the issue of humanitarian aid to Gaza for the purpose of releasing all the kidnapped and captives, or at least publishing their names.
He pointed out that the random release of the kidnapped people, drop by drop, does not only entail an operational problem, but also entails economic exhaustion for Israel, resulting from the long period of call-up of reserve soldiers.
