The Middle East peace talks are not going well, and the United States is increasing pressure on Israel, but Netanyahu will not give in easily. The US is angry and angry that the peace talks between Israel and Kazakhstan cannot be pushed forward, and it is increasing pressure on Israel. But it is too late for the US to "take the bucket and run away" now. Netanyahu will definitely gamble to the end and will never let the United States go. Recently, there have been subtle changes in the atmosphere between the United States and Israel. First, Blinken officially announced the end of a new round of visits to the Middle East. Moreover, at the subsequent press conference, Blinken rarely changed his previous attitude of fully defending Israel and putting the blame on Hamas for obstructing the peace talks. Instead, he gave Hamas and Israel a fifty-point board each, saying that both sides have the responsibility to promote a ceasefire agreement. Subsequently, the head of the US CIA ran to London, met with the head of MI6, and co-authored an article in the British media Financial Times, saying that the United States and Britain will support Ukraine to the end and will continue to promote the so-called "peace plan" between Hamas and Israel.
In other words, if it must be "one or the other" between Ukraine and Israel, the Biden administration would rather choose Ukraine and abandon Israel. The intention of this series of statements by the United States is obvious, which is to warn Netanyahu not to go too far. No matter how Israel stirs up trouble in the Middle East, the overall strategy of the United States to withdraw from the Middle East and shift its strategic focus to Europe and the Western Pacific will not change. Recently, Iraq also revealed the latest news that the United States and Iran are planning to start withdrawal negotiations. After leaving Afghanistan, the United States will also put an end to its military presence in Iraq. It can be seen that the United States is very dissatisfied with Netanyahu's step-by-step pressure and the situation of "the tail wagging the dog". Blinken went to the Middle East this time to calm things down, but Israel had no intention of cooperating from beginning to end. Netanyahu not only insisted on the Philadelphia Corridor, but also insisted on reviewing the Gaza refugees returning home.
From the end of August until now, the Israel Defense Forces have continued to carry out military operations in the West Bank of the Jordan River, which is completely a "face-to-face output" against Blinken. No wonder Blinken was disheartened after this round of visits and said that he would never continue to serve as Secretary of State after the next government was elected. Whoever wants to be the Secretary of State can be the Secretary of State. I want to go home and "spend more time with my children." Up to now, the two aircraft carriers of the United States are still trapped in the Middle East. South Korea and the United States organized military exercises in the Western Pacific, and the Pentagon could only take out the two amphibious assault ships "Boxer" and "America", which are quite shabby. In this context, it is not surprising that the United States expressed its dissatisfaction with Israel and brought out the intelligence chiefs of the CIA and MI6 to jointly put pressure on Israel. Unfortunately, even if these two intelligence chiefs came out, I am afraid that they would not be able to shake Netanyahu's determination to stir up trouble in the Middle East. The reason is simple. Israel is now facing a survival crisis and cannot retreat a single step. After the "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood", the military myth of the Israel Defense Forces in the Middle East has been completely shattered. The Israeli Defense Forces, which cannot even deal with Hamas, cannot regain their footing amid the siege of the Revolutionary Guards, Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen. Moreover, with the accelerated Saudi-Iranian reconciliation, Israel's path to "join forces" with the Sunni Gulf Cooperation Council countries to deal with the Arc of Resistance has basically been blocked. For Israel now, only a desperate gamble can save it from death.
Since the assassination of Haniya, Netanyahu has not prepared himself to turn back. Therefore, the US's mild pressure is not an obstacle to Israel at all. As long as the US aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines are still in the Middle East, Netanyahu has plenty of ways to gamble to the end. The United States once supported proxies everywhere, and now it must bear the cost of "the tail wagging the dog". It is absolutely impossible to run away.
