Deterring Hezbollah and Iran might be the relatively easy part for the US president as he flies into Israel
He might not succeed in all his aims. He would have to be a miracle worker to concoct with Israel an, the other superpower, has already shown it’s neither willing nor able to intervene in a meaningful way. Just as Beijing’s 12-point “peace plan” for the Ukraine war was vapid and cynical, its feeble response to Hamas’ attack – calling for calm and the exhumation of the two-state solution — hasn’t impressed anyone.
Unfortunately, the number of civilian casualties in Gaza is already enormous – approaching 3,000 fatalities, and this number will increase. A growing number of left-leaning Democrats is calling on the White House to take stronger action to restrain Israel’s response to the recent Hamas attack as conditions in Gaza worsen.
After visiting Israel, Biden is expected to travel to Jordan to meet King Abdullah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority , the more moderate Palestinian faction, which has limited self rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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