The weakness of the Biden administration is frightening: they're talking Big War talk, regime change in Iran! Israel has become the sorcerer's apprentice who can no longer be controlled by the sorcerer. They keep assasinating people they should have been talking with. And the weak, useless Biden administration is following along shouting…
The weakness of the Biden administration is frightening: they're talking Big War talk, regime change in Iran! Israel has become the sorcerer's apprentice who can no longer be controlled by the sorcerer. They keep assasinating people they should have been talking with. And the weak, useless Biden administration is following along shouting warlike stuff without considering that it is walking the world into WWIII.
In the If Only department, what's needed is a powerful UN force to enforce peace in Palestine, Lebanon and beyond; push Israel back to the 1967 boundaries and then stay permanently to protect the Palestinians in perpetuity. I know, I know . . . won't happen. Looks like Turkey is on the edge of getting involved. What about the Saudis and the other Gulf states?
I totally get what you're saying about the need for a permanent peacekeeping force in Palestine. Ironic that Jerusalem holy sites are sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and yet ... So much warfare. And the supremacist element in religions can be so misused in struggles for land and resources. Ceasefire is very much necessary ... but IMO Israel/US need to have more respect for their fellow travellers in Middle East history. Sharing and reconciliation desperately needed.
Within this article Amos Hochstein is mentioned as part of Biden's inner hawkish advisory circle. Blinken appointed Hochstein as the Senior Advisor for Energy Security, and "he was subsequently appointed Special Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security" (Wiki). Hochstein is Israeli/American.
Iran has some of the world's largest oil and gas deposits. "Israel has a right to defend itself" is such a trite and dishonest summation of what this fog of war is really about.
Jordan assisted Israel in taking down some drones, but the Arab Emirates, Saudis, et al. are quiet. "If only" this Administration understood where the alliance with Israel has dragged us. Those poor US service men are just like ducks in water. Turkey and Azerbaijan still get oil to Israel, so I doubt Erdogan does more than talk!
Haifa is damaged. Eilat is bankrupt, closed. Ballistic missiles destroyed the oil/gas transit port. The economy is broken, and there are very few willing to cross the war. Very sad and self destructive
The weakness of the Biden administration is frightening: they're talking Big War talk, regime change in Iran! Israel has become the sorcerer's apprentice who can no longer be controlled by the sorcerer. They keep assasinating people they should have been talking with. And the weak, useless Biden administration is following along shouting warlike stuff without considering that it is walking the world into WWIII.
In the If Only department, what's needed is a powerful UN force to enforce peace in Palestine, Lebanon and beyond; push Israel back to the 1967 boundaries and then stay permanently to protect the Palestinians in perpetuity. I know, I know . . . won't happen. Looks like Turkey is on the edge of getting involved. What about the Saudis and the other Gulf states?
I totally get what you're saying about the need for a permanent peacekeeping force in Palestine. Ironic that Jerusalem holy sites are sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity, and yet ... So much warfare. And the supremacist element in religions can be so misused in struggles for land and resources. Ceasefire is very much necessary ... but IMO Israel/US need to have more respect for their fellow travellers in Middle East history. Sharing and reconciliation desperately needed.
Back to the real world ...
Within this article Amos Hochstein is mentioned as part of Biden's inner hawkish advisory circle. Blinken appointed Hochstein as the Senior Advisor for Energy Security, and "he was subsequently appointed Special Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security" (Wiki). Hochstein is Israeli/American.
Iran has some of the world's largest oil and gas deposits. "Israel has a right to defend itself" is such a trite and dishonest summation of what this fog of war is really about.
Jordan assisted Israel in taking down some drones, but the Arab Emirates, Saudis, et al. are quiet. "If only" this Administration understood where the alliance with Israel has dragged us. Those poor US service men are just like ducks in water. Turkey and Azerbaijan still get oil to Israel, so I doubt Erdogan does more than talk!
I understand that Israel doesn’t trade much with its neighbors. The economy is dependent on imports from Europe, etc at just a couple of ports.
Its economy is in free fall. Over a thousand businesses have closed in the past year.
Haifa is damaged. Eilat is bankrupt, closed. Ballistic missiles destroyed the oil/gas transit port. The economy is broken, and there are very few willing to cross the war. Very sad and self destructive