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After rushing to console Israel as it mourned its worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, US President Joe Biden vowed last year that America would stand with the Netanyahu-ruled country in its dark days, and the days of good things he insisted would come.
At the time, no one knew the international and domestic political ramifications of his promise. The ensuing war has proven the existential role the US plays in Israel's survival, but it has also severely strained the alliance. It has also exposed and widened some of America's deepest political divisions ahead of the already tumultuous US election.
The October 7 attacks transformed the strategic balance of the Middle East, as Israel confronted Hamas, then Hezbollah, and exchanged fire with their sponsor, its archenemy, Iran. The horror set off a chain of events that affected countless lives, sparking political unrest thousands of miles away.
Militarily, the United States and its allies have twice staged unprecedented operations to defend Israel from a barrage of missiles and drones from Iran. The US has also repeatedly bombed Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, who have launched attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea in the run-up to October 7.
Israel's attack on Hamas in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of civilians, may have finally dashed US hopes for a two-state solution. And it has become the biggest foreign crisis of the Biden administration.
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