U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, received at the White House on July 25. (Credit: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
Does the U.S. influence end where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stubbornness begins? Over the past few days, Washington used many cards to convince Netanyahu to conclude a Gaza cease-fire deal and thus avoid a regional conflagration. They include the approval of arms sales worth almost $20 billion, the deployment of troops and military equipment in the Middle East, the giant diplomatic efforts it deployed against Iran and its axis and even pressure and threats against its ally behind-the-scenes.But the negotiations, which resumed on Aug. 15 in Doha, described as “last chance” talks, have encountered seemingly irreconcilable positions between Israel and Hamas. In a phone call on Wednesday evening with Netanyahu, Biden once again stressed “the urgency of bringing the cease-fire and hostage release deal to closure,” and...
Does the U.S. influence end where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stubbornness begins? Over the past few days, Washington used many cards to convince Netanyahu to conclude a Gaza cease-fire deal and thus avoid a regional conflagration. They include the approval of arms sales worth almost $20 billion, the deployment of troops and military equipment in the Middle East, the giant diplomatic efforts it deployed against Iran and its axis and even pressure and threats against its ally behind-the-scenes.But the negotiations, which resumed on Aug. 15 in Doha, described as “last chance” talks, have encountered seemingly irreconcilable positions between Israel and Hamas. In a phone call on Wednesday evening with Netanyahu, Biden once again stressed “the urgency of bringing the cease-fire and hostage release deal to closure,”...
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