How is the war in Gaza strategically detrimental to the United States in the long run?
Since its inception, one of the main goals of Israel as an aggressive and expansionist actor has been to gain the support of major international powers. Britain was the first country to act with the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and during its rule over Palestine.
This statement authorized a significant number of European Jewish communities to invade and settle in Palestine, the military usurpation of Palestinian lands, and the expulsion of large parts of the native Arab population from villages, cities, and towns in 1948.
Over the next two decades, Israel relied primarily on Western countries such as Britain, France, Germany, and the United States for weapons, funding, and political support. This support continued in the “Triple Offensive” of 1956. The participation and support of various Western countries against Israel accompanied that war against Egypt.
Beginning with the Nixon administration in the early 1970s, the relationship between the United States and Israel expanded significantly and deepened strategically. After Israel’s victory over the armies of several Arab countries in 1967, American military and economic support for Israel increased significantly.
In order to achieve its geopolitical goals in the western region of Israel, the United States tried to turn Israel into a regional hegemon. But after decades of unrelenting support, America’s role in Israel’s latest war in Gaza bears signs of the collapse of America’s global hegemony.
Blind support
Over the past half-century, America’s role in Israel’s support has moved from a supporter and protector to a strategic partner. The United States is currently the main supplier of military equipment and economic aid to Israel, and in addition, provides political cover for Israel’s policies: since 1973, the United States has used its veto nearly 50 times to protect Israel in the Security Council. Is.
Since Richard Nixon’s presidency, every American president has vetoed at least one Security Council resolution in favor of Israel during his time in the White House. In addition, Israel has received more than 260 billion dollars in economic aid from the US government since 1971, and this figure does not include the amounts that American institutions and private organizations give to Israel.
Since the Al-Aqsa storm operation on October 7, the US has continued to support Israel blindly. So far, these attacks have led to the martyrdom of more than 30 thousand people, most of whom are women and children.
In addition, American media and politicians, including US President Joe Biden, have believed and repeated the lies of the Israeli side without any evidence.
This is even though in the past three decades, America has tried to present itself as an “honest mediator” in the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, which seeks to create a political compromise between the parties. But now, in the Gaza war, it has become clear to most observers and public opinion that America is completely seeking to usurp the Palestinian lands and deprive the Palestinians of all their legitimate rights.
America and its political allies have deliberately ignored the background conditions that caused the Al-Aqsa storm operation.
Ever since the far-right Israeli cabinet headed by Benjamin Netanyahu took office, it has openly announced that Palestinians must choose one of three options: accept Israel’s apartheid system, leave the land, or be killed.
In 2023, Netanyahu’s extremist cabinet partners, Ben Guerr and Bazael Smotrich, gained power to implement their extremist agenda in the West Bank. The plan of Smotrich, who said in controversial statements that Palestinians do not exist, was to accelerate settlement construction in the West Bank and increase the number of settlers in the occupied lands to one million people.
Extremist settlers stepped up their attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque and threatened to impose stricter rules on Palestinian pilgrimages. In the three weeks before the Al-Aqsa Storm operation, the Israeli security forces’ attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque had become a daily occurrence.