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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.

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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.

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