US Convinced Defeat of Hamas Against Israel's Interests

Background: Biden Team Convinced Defeat of Hamas Against Israel’s Ultimate
Interests (Two-State Solution from Desperation)
Dr. Aaron Lerner, 27 April 2024

It is “tough love,” not hate.

The Biden team is convinced that the creation of a sovereign Palestinian
state within the 1967 borders will herald a utopian peace.

And yet, despite all the former Prime Ministers, Defense Ministers, Mossad
and Shabak heads, as well as Haaretz columnists, who share their conviction
that such a fantastic peace is just a White House Lawn signing ceremony
away, the Israelis in power don’t agree.

The Biden team is convinced that these Israelis simply don’t know what’s
good for them.

The Biden team knows the score.

They know that the Jordanians, Egyptians, Saudis, and Abraham Accord
partners also think that a sovereign Palestinian state would not bring
utopian peace.

The Jordanian monarchy, with a Palestinian majority in their country,
doesn’t want a sovereign launching pad next to it for a revolt.

The Egyptians, saved from radical Islam by a military takeover, have no
interest in a sovereign Palestinian state which could ally with the Muslim
Brotherhood. All Egypt wants right now is to prevent a huge influx of Gazans
into the already unstable Sinai.

The Saudis and Abraham Accord partners don’t want the instability that a
sovereign Palestinian state could inject into the region.

Even the Syrians, who consider Israel and Jordan to be part of “Greater
Syria,” don’t see a sovereign Palestinian state as a goal but at most an
intermediate step towards restoring “Bilad al-Sham.”

But the Biden team is convinced that it knows better.

So, the Biden team thinks it is time for tough love.

The Biden team is concerned that there is no telling what Israel may do in
the wake of a successful operation in Rafah.

The Jewish State might even actually carry out the operation it has been
practicing for so many years to wipe out the medium and long-range rockets
and missiles Hezbollah has deployed in Lebanon.

Those Hezbollah rockets and missiles have served as an important deterrent
against a full-scale Israeli-led operation against Iran.

The Biden team is confident that Iran only wants to have nukes to keep their
regime in power.

That is, after all, what all those former Prime Ministers, Defense
Ministers, Mossad, and Shabak heads who want a sovereign Palestinian state
also think.

So, the Biden team believes, an Israeli-led operation to stop Iran from
getting nukes would be both superfluous and dangerous for the world.

If Israel fails to defeat Hamas it will be a broken and lonely country
desperate for its future. And in this desperation, the Biden team is
certain, the Jewish State can be forced to accept the “two state solution”.

And that is why we are witness now to a “full court press” by the Biden team
to prevent Israel from carrying out a successful operation in Rafah.

“US officials tell me that if Israel does mount a major military operation
in Rafah, over the administration’s objections, President Biden would
consider restricting certain arms sales to Israel,” Thomas Friedman
threatened in The New York Times on Friday.

More threats to come.

And the irony: if we do the right thing and execute the operation, despite
all the American threats, our neighbors – including the Saudis – will
breathe a sigh of relief that Israel can be relied upon as the leading
partner in the coalition to take care of Iran and Iran’s allies.

That’s because, unlike the Biden team, no one in the neighborhood thinks
that Iran wants nukes only to keep their regime in power.
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