22 April 2024
Biden's Policies Towards Israel re Gaza
In response to Mr. Trita Parsi's Guest Essay in the 4/21/2024 New York Times, "Biden’s Small Win — and Bigger Failure — in the Middle East," it must be said that Biden’s policies towards Israel re Gaza have not isolated the US internationally. Yes, they have reiterated America’s long held solidarity with Israel; but that only disturbs those who mistakenly identify the existence of the Israeli state with the survival of its current leadership.
On the contrary, acquiescing to Israeli appeals to move the US embassy to Jerusalem and to close the Palestinian offices there and in Washington has not necessarily changed the level or frequency of contact between the USG and the Palestinian Authority. Moreover, the current Iranian regime resists collaboration on ideological grounds not only with Israel, but also with its Arab Sunni Moslem neighboring nations. Unfortunately, pursuing a U.S. Middle East strategy that brings American security and regional peace involves upsetting the current governments of both Israel and Iran.
That intervention must be accomplished in open or tacit collaboration with the rest of the world’s liberal democracies as well as with the Arab Middle East and China. A tall order, but one that has been accomplished before by previous US administrations. In the likely Presidential election competition this year, only one possible victor
has the disposition to perform that task.
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