PNN – “CNN” website emphasized in an analysis referring to the anniversary of the anti-Israeli operation “Al-Aqsa Storm”, Joe Biden’s supportive approach to Benjamin Netanyahu’s bellicose policies destroyed both the international image of America and Biden personally, and led to the spread of deep crises in American domestic politics.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from this American media, when US President Joe Biden pledged full support to Israel after the Al-Aqsa operation, no one knew the domestic and international political consequences of his promise.
This analysis added: Operation “Al-Aqsa Storm” did not only change the strategic balance of the Middle East, but also caused political unrest thousands of kilometers away, in the United States. The consequences of this operation and Israel’s war in Gaza coincided with the holding of presidential election campaigns in the United States. University protests against the genocide in Gaza and in opposition to America’s support for Israel led to a division in the Democratic Party, which soon led to Biden withdrawing from the candidacy and handing it over to Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Al-Aqsa Storm” operation challenged the US foreign policy
This analysis states: Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza, which killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians, may ultimately destroy US hopes for a two-state solution. This issue has become the biggest foreign crisis of the Biden administration, when it is said that America is facing increasing problems to lead the world system and confront Russia and China. On the other hand, the intensification of Israel’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon threatens Washington’s foreign policy towards Tehran, because these attacks could lead to a direct conflict between this country and Iran, and this is exactly what the United States has done so far during almost half a century of hostility with Iran.
Biden has been a staunch supporter of Israel for decades, but his Israel-friendly record hasn’t stopped him from growing at odds with Israel’s most right-wing cabinet in history. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly rejected the US president’s efforts to reduce attacks on civilians in Gaza and has ignored Washington’s concerns that US and Israeli interests diverge. This issue has reduced the authority of the Biden administration in the international arena and its foreign policy priorities have been threatened.
Several months of diplomatic activity by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns and other top officials of the Biden administration have not made much progress in freeing Israeli prisoners and establishing a ceasefire in Gaza.
Netanyahu’s repeated disobedience of Biden’s advice and giving importance to Republicans who support Trump have led to the point where it is said that the Prime Minister of Israel did not even hesitate to interfere in the internal politics of the United States and damaged the credibility of the American President.
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The deep aftershocks of the “Al-Aqsa storm” on the domestic politics of America
CNN wrote: The Israeli army’s attacks on Gaza, which were carried out claiming to be a response to the attacks of this resistance group on October 7, have made the divisions in the American society and domestic politics more obvious and wider. During several White House administrations, Washington has been involved in (so-called) Middle East peace mediation. But the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had never become an internal political issue for this country. The issue that seems to have become very serious after the Al-Aqsa storm operation.
Images of Israel’s attack on children, women and civilians in Gaza caused anti-Israel reactions in America and created dangerous political pressure for Biden and Harris. The anger of progressive groups towards Israel and the failure of the Biden administration to contain Netanyahu divided the Democratic coalition. Thousands of Arab American voters and anti-Israel voters have refused to support Biden in the primaries. The prospect of them voting third-party in next month’s election, especially in swing states like Michigan, could destroy Harris’ hopes for the White House.
Netanyahu’s implicit alliance with Trump and distance from Biden
According to this report, Netanyahu has been a full-fledged actor in American politics since the administration of Bill Clinton, the former president of the United States in the 1990s. But last year, his shrewd interventions in American politics, designed to keep himself in power, reached new levels. He found common ground with Republicans who sought to use the war to damage the Biden campaign and addressed the US Congress during his trip to the US in July.
The rise of anti-Semitism in American society
This article states: The repercussions of Israel’s war in Gaza for the American society were much deeper than their impact on the presidential election. It also had a damaging effect on American Jews. Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt warned on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that he had never seen such a wave of hate and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in the United States.
According to the report of this league, since the beginning of Israel’s attacks in Gaza, more than 10,000 anti-Semitic incidents have occurred in the United States, including more than 8,000 cases of verbal or written harassment, more than 1,800 acts of vandalism, and more Out of 150 includes physical attacks.
The next president of the United States; The heir to the Gaza war
So analyzing if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election next month, she will likely face the same tests as the Biden administration against her administration and the complexities of the conflict between US and Israeli interests. At the same time, it seems that there is little possibility that the large-scale war in the Middle East will end in the next few months.
On the other hand, Donald Trump’s opposition to the involvement of the United States in foreign wars – especially in the Middle East – may mean that if he takes office, if this action hurts his political position, he will not want to interfere much in this region.
CNN concluded at the end: In any case, whatever happens next month and whichever candidate enters the White House as the President of the United States, the United States after October 7, 2023 and the “Al-Aqsa Storm” operation is deeply involved in the realities of it will be the new Middle East. In fact, the Gaza war, which will be inherited from Biden to Trump or Harris, is a stain on the legacy of a statesman who considered himself a foreign policy expert.