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Newsweek magazine said that the United States seemed lost in dealing with the war between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) since he became president joe biden More inclined to pressure Tel Aviv to curb its actions in Gaza, after its violent air strikes sparked global protests.
Michael Doran, head of the National Security Council under George, explained Bush Jrtold the magazine that, “As the war continues, Biden has become inclined to pressure Israel for self-restraint after it achieved some clear military success,” which means that he is forming “red lines” for how Washington wants Israel to deal with the conflict from now on, In addition to reiterating his support for the two-state solution when the conflict ends.
Biden had said, during his visit to Tel Aviv shortly after the attack of last October 7, to the Israelis, “You are not alone,” and White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said, “We do not draw red lines for Israel,” as stated in a report by my chief correspondent. News Magazine Brendan Cole.
But it seems that is no longer the case, according to the magazine. Biden’s tone changed on November 2, when one of the demonstrators interrupted him, calling for an immediate ceasefire, to say for the first time that in order to secure the release of detainees, “I think we need a pause.” temporary”.
After the Israeli occupation army closed Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in… Gaza stripClaiming that it was a center for Hamas, which denied this, Biden called on Israel to take “less intrusive” measures in Gaza, and warned that “hospitals must be protected.” Doran commented that “there has always been a fine line between showing support for Israel and wanting to restrain it from the beginning.” “.
Doran said that Biden faces unprecedented circumstances due to the difficulty of achieving a balance between protecting American bases in the Middle East from what he described as Iranian agents who have carried out repeated attacks, and protecting the ballot boxes in 2024 from demonstrations in the United States and the anger of Muslim voters, especially in Michigan.
The two-state solution
When Biden requested, on behalf of Israel, a military aid package worth $14.3 billion from Congress, Western diplomats advised him to put pressure on its prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu To ease its military operation, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that Israel has “two or three weeks” before pressure comes to reach a ceasefire agreement.
Biden stressed that “the ceasefire is not peace,” and said that “there must be no forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, no reoccupation of it, no prevention or siege of it, and no reduction of territory,” recalling – in his call for a two-state solution – that the Gaza Strip AndWest Bank “They must be reunited under one governance structure, and under a renewed Palestinian authority.”
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Monday that the United States wants a “longer truce” and the entry of “more humanitarian aid” into Gaza, and stressed the need to “protect” schools and hospitals, saying, “We do not want to see them bombed from the air,” pointing out that A very large number of Palestinians were killed.
Thomas Gift, director of the Center for American Politics at University College London, said, “The White House’s language and policy are shaped by internal political considerations,” explaining that “Biden’s party’s demand for a ceasefire is an attempt by the administration to balance the need for a strategic alliance with its regional ally with the necessity of Responding to growing domestic pressure from progressives at home.”
