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US support for Israel in the war in Gaza is damaging to the US position in the region and beyond. Developing countries see double standards when it comes to Israel and Ukraine and are therefore likely to be less sympathetic to Western calls to support the war there. Blinken's diplomacy makes the United States look incompetent and somewhat jaded.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has visited Jerusalem, Ramallah, Amman, Baghdad and Istanbul, but, diplomatically, he still seems to be "on the road to nowhere". He had three goals during this tour, but none went as planned.
First, to persuade Israel to allow a ceasefire so that more aid can reach civilians and the hostages can be released. This has been dismissed, at least for now. Israel said the hostages must be released first before they can talk about a ceasefire.
Second, to convince Arab countries to think about long-term solutions to end the Israel-Hamas conflict. "You're kidding," said his Arab hosts, now is not the time for that, with Gaza reduced to rubble. They also told him that Israel must commit to ending all settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. If it does, then perhaps it can be considered a lasting peace.
Third, the mission that was supposed to stop the spread of the conflict. No one he met wants this conflict to escalate. But those he met are not the ones who can escalate it. Hezbollah and Iran are the danger and, for obvious reasons, were not on Blinken's itinerary.
Meanwhile, Israel's unprecedented destruction of Gaza is exacerbating geopolitical rifts across the region, making a further outbreak of violence increasingly likely. Israel never did to Gaza what it is doing now. In one week, it dropped as many bombs on the small, densely populated strip of land as the US-backed coalition fighting Islamic State dropped on Mosul in two months.
Israel has hit government buildings, schools, ambulances and areas where it has announced that people should move to be safe. He says there are good military reasons for doing so, but the impact is the same. Images of dead Palestinian children lined up in their death shrouds outside Gaza hospitals, and the horrific scenes of destruction broadcast 24 hours a day on Arab television news networks, are fueling public outrage across the region and public outrage. by its leaders.
US support for Israel in the war in Gaza is damaging to the US position in the region and beyond. Developing countries see double standards when it comes to Israel and Ukraine and are therefore likely to be less sympathetic to Western calls to support the war there. Blinken's diplomacy makes the United States look incompetent and somewhat jaded.
In Ramallah in the West Bank, he told the Palestinian Authority, Hamas' sworn enemies, that they could play a key role in Gaza once it is cleared of Hamas in an extremely low-key intervention. The Palestinian Authority is now seen as a "partner government" by many Palestinians. The idea that he can return to power in Gaza "on the back" of Israeli tanks will seem naive and absurd.
However, there are some positive points as the US Secretary of State continues his "diplomatic race". The war has not escalated. Many feared that the October 7 attack by Hamas heralded a new kind of "Holy War" with Hezbollah and Iran potentially involved. The militant group's October 7 attack reached a new level of brutality, killing 1,400 Israelis amid some of the worst brutality imaginable and taking 250 hostages. Hezbollah had plenty of opportunities to get involved, but did not. It is reported to have 150,000 rockets at its disposal, hidden in the hills of southern Lebanon. The thought of them being released and the Israeli-American response cannot cross anyone's head. And Iran, it seems clear, does not want a conflict against two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean and US bases in the Gulf. The moment of danger for a wider conflict in the region may have passed. But not for the innocents in Gaza who are still dying./ SkyNews
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