Analysts: Washington has bared its teeth with Netanyahu to regain the initiative

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Despite their agreement on the goals of the war in the Gaza Strip, the United States and Israel differ on the way to manage this war, which was emphasized by the guests of the program “Gaza... What Next?” It is not unlikely that Washington will take the initiative in the future on this issue.

Dr. Hassan Ayoub, professor of political science at An-Najah National University, believes that the United States is trying to define the goals of the war in Gaza in a workable way, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adheres to his position stating the necessity of eliminating the Palestinian resistance in Gaza.

Regarding the relationship between Washington and Tel Aviv, Ayoub said in his speech to the episode (3/29/2024) of the program “Gaza... What Next?” The damage has been caused by the fact that major questions are being asked in the United States regarding whether Israel constitutes a strategic asset for them.

He expected that the effects of the tensions between the two sides would be far-reaching, explaining that for this reason the administration of President Joe Biden resorted to using carrots and sticks with Netanyahu. On the one hand, it offered him the carrot of continuing the normalization project within an American regional project and introducing the Palestinian Authority into the Gaza Strip through the humanitarian portal.

On the other hand, the United States has bared its teeth a little in order to regain the initiative, and at the same time continues to support Israel, says Ayoub, who also pointed out that Netanyahu’s clash with successive American administrations was caused by his position on the Palestinians, as he was elected on the basis that he was the person who He will end the Oslo Accords and never wants to acknowledge the possibility of establishing an independent Palestinian state.

Netanyahu - continues to be a professor of political science at An-Najah National University - is strengthening his allies within the US Congress, but his exaggeration in challenging the Biden administration has turned even legislators who are friends of Israel against him, stressing that the Israeli Prime Minister could not this time get the opportunity to address the US Congress, as he refused. His request.

misunderstanding

From the point of view of the senior researcher at the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Dr. Liqaa Makki, there is no problem with the fundamental and organic relationship between the United States and Israel, and what happened is merely a misunderstanding between them, stressing that they agree on the goal of the war in Gaza, which is to destroy the Palestinian resistance in the Strip.

According to Makki, the misunderstanding occurred between Washington and Tel Aviv because Netanyahu is leading the war in a way that caused moral embarrassment to the American ally, in addition to the destruction carried out by the occupation army in Gaza did not lead to the elimination of the Palestinian resistance, which showed a lot of strength and was able to repel the Israeli attacks.

The senior researcher at the Al Jazeera Center for Studies refers to the Rafah issue, which - in his opinion - constituted a dispute between Netanyahu and the administration of US President Biden, and says that Israel wants to invade, but the United States rejects that.

After the recent UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, Washington presented a proposal stipulating that Israeli operations in Rafah be limited to a specific strike on the leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Rafah and not a comprehensive attack, stressing that Netanyahu decided after that to directly send his delegation to Washington, who had prevented him from going, suggested that Washington might take the initiative in the future regarding managing the war in Gaza.

Makki spoke about the post-war period with the formation of a Palestinian government, whose appointed head, the economist Muhammad Mustafa, said that it would administer Gaza, that it would undertake reconstruction and distribute aid, and that it would have a police and army, with international and perhaps Arab support, Makki added.

Source: Al Jazeera