With the Biden administration essentially pausing work on ceasefire negotiations to end the war in Gaza, Israel’s fresh assaults on Hezbollah in Lebanon this week are adding another layer of complication, making prospects for a near-term deal all the more difficult – if not impossible – at least while the bombs are falling.
In recent days, senior US officials had largely stopped making a vigorous push on the ceasefire negotiations, sources told CNN, having determined there is currently no political will on either side – Hamas or Israel’s – to end the conflict.
Even as President Joe Biden and top aides refuse to abandon the effort entirely, a senior Democrat close to the White House summed up the sentiment among some officials involved in those deliberations this way: “We can’t want this more than they want it.”
Less to do with Biden and more to do with Bibi, who is banking on a Trump win. He’s not an honest broker and he knows the Biden administration is a lame duck.
I would agree with this. Bibi is trying desperately to pull a Trump and cling to power right now, and they know they have certain paid off people in power here to keep the ball rolling on these assaults.
Let’s punish Biden anyway by voting for Jill Stein! Then, when President Trump gives Netanyahu the go ahead to “finish the job”, we will know we voted our conscience!
To be fair I feel that it’s less about Biden being a lame duck. In a way he’s not, due to the potential impact of his actions pre-election day on the Harris campaign as well as downstream Senate races.