Highlights: Joe Biden and top aides have discussed the likelihood that Benjamin Netanyahu’s political days are numbered — and the president has conveyed that sentiment to the Israeli prime minister in a recent conversation.

Biden has gone so far as to suggest to Netanyahu that he should think about lessons he would share with his eventual successor, the two administration officials added.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Why do you assume we (the USA) are? I think it’s far more likely that there are disagreements and negotiations going on which are not being announced publicly, because the public announcement of such things wouldn’t send the right message.

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        Yes, god forbid that we send a message that humans matter in any meaningful way. Anyway I’m glad to hear that Biden has a secret plan that contradicts nearly all of his actions and rhetoric to date.

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          Of course I can only guess what happens in secret negotiations, but my guess is that their main goal is to keep this conflict contained in Gaza rather than involving Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies. To this end, the US might counsel avoiding actions that would be particularly provocative even if they serve a legitimate military purpose. But despite any disagreement, the appearance of total solidarity is essential, since Iran is much less likely to get involved if that appears to risk war with the US.

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      Investments that are already in place is my guess. The u.s wants to keep Israel as an ally but knows that Netanyahu needs to go, so they may be becomingy Israel but are starting to seperate the two.

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      But the US isn’t? The US is largely the reason why Gaza is getting any humanitarian support at all because neither Egypt, Israel, nor Hamas wanted to do anything for Palestinians. US is also the reason why communications was restored and why certain things were forbidden. This would be much much worse without US involvement. If the US did not support Israel with weapons it would have wiped out and genocided ages ago, and if it didn’t reign in Israel, much much more Palestinians would be dying right now.