The escalation of the conflict with Hezbollah is of great concern to US President Joe Biden.
US opinion polls predict an election loss to Donald Trump.
Biden is torn between the need to continue supporting Israel until its war objectives are achieved and the fear that continuing unconditional support for the Jewish state could cost him the election. There is.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said after the U.S. postponed “one shipment of high-capacity munitions,” he said, “We will continue to do what is necessary to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself.” It is currently under consideration.” Several short-term security assistance shipments are expected to take place in connection with the unfolding events in Rafah. ”
Israel must protect itself
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset MK Rabbi Moshe Roth insisted that the US has never recognized Israel’s “total victory” in any war or military operation. Ross added that the US wants to maintain a military “balance” towards the Palestinians and Arab states by controlling the “faucet” of military aid to Israel.
In an interview with Radios 100 FM’s “The Chosen Ones,” MK Danny Danon, a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, implicitly threatened the United States, saying that if the United States stops supplying precision weapons, Israel will have to use less precise ones.
Israel made a grave mistake in not taking advantage of the support of global public opinion on October 7 and not entering Rafah then. Then neither Egypt nor the United States would have been able to prevent the capture of the Philadelphia Axis and the crossing of Rafah on the Gaza side.
Despite US concerns, around 500,000 people have already evacuated from Rafah to the northern Gaza Strip.
The Washington Post has revealed that the US has offered to provide Israel with information about the hiding places of senior Hamas officials in order to prevent Israel from infiltrating Rafah. If this news is true, this would come as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the weakened remnants of the Hamas battalion are hiding among Gaza residents in Rafah, patiently waiting for the US to withdraw its military action. is nothing less than an attempt at intimidation by our most important ally. Chestnuts from the fire.
In reality, they don’t want an agreement and their terms and demands clearly prove that. The main problem is that Sinwar is demanding a US commitment to end the war after the second hostage release. Added to this was Israel’s promise to comply with Hamas’ demands for the release of convicted assassins upon request.
Agreeing to these delusional demands would tie Israel’s hands against putting pressure on Hamas as the terrorist organization prepares to release just 33 abductees, living and dead. It’s obvious. Hamas has no involvement in how many people live and how many die. It is clear that Israel will not accept these demands.
Palestinian nationalism
The Palestinians and Hamas have been turning grumbling into nationalism for years and are unable to stop their continued military advance in Rafah at this stage. The decision by the President of the United States to delay the delivery of some of America’s arms supplies is disappointing and stands in stark contrast to the President’s previous statements. Until recently, Biden argued that the only way to end the war was to return all hostages and hostages. Eliminate Hamas.
The hallucinatory belief that the Palestinian Authority (PA) will rule Gaza “the day after Hamas” is gaining momentum in the United States, completely ignoring the fact that the Palestinian Authority already had a presence in Gaza. . Their Fatah members were massacred by Hamas, and those who could have fled like rats to the territory of Pennsylvania.
All polls show that Hamas not only has a strong grip on Gaza, but also has clear sympathies in Judea and Samaria. Hamas ideology is a Palestinian ideology, and more than 80% of Palestinians support the terrorist organization.
Interesting recording by former Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. (Res), Aviv Kochavi analyzes the situation in Israel before October 7 and finds that demonstrations after the law reform and calls for IDF officers to refuse military service weakened Israel and were central to Sinwar’s decision to go to war. He explains that he believes it. . According to Maj. Gen. Kochavi, Israel’s outgoing head of military intelligence, Hariba and the head of military intelligence and research sent four warning letters to the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Shinwar was tracking the domestic conflict. , and warned that in his analysis of the situation Israel was weakening and that this was the cause. It was an opportunity to wage war.
Israel faces a serious dilemma. Should we escalate the war in Rafah without US consent and risk further delays in arms shipments? Or will they accept demands for a complete halt to the war at this stage? Even if we stop the war now, once the hostage trade takes place, Hamas will give us another chance to restart, but we will not end the war until we remove its leaders. There is no doubt that he is deaf.
The author is the CEO of Radios 100FM, Honorary Consul of Nauru, Deputy Director of the Consulate, and Vice President of the Ambassadors Club.
