At present, the situation in the Middle East is chaotic and constantly pushing to the brink of danger. Fears of a large-scale war in the Middle East have shown signs of hesitation, and the United States has come to realize that air strikes are not the only way to solve the problem.
First, they began to evacuate Syria's largest illegal military base, and then announced a timetable for the withdrawal with Iraq. This series of moves clearly shows that the United States does not want to fall into the trap of the so-called "human war" orchestrated by Iran, and they are preparing to flee this predicament.
In order to make the withdrawal of US troops smoother, Biden even publicly imposed sanctions on Israel to make their position clear.
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On February 1, the United States announced sanctions against four Israeli citizens, freezing all their assets in the United States and prohibiting Americans from conducting financial transactions with them. The rationale for the move was that the men had instigated unrest in West Bank towns, resulting in the death of one Palestinian and the burning of several houses.
For decades, Israel has been gradually encroaching on Palestinian land through occupation and settlement. Most of these illegal settlers have extreme racist tendencies and are often the subject of riots and conflicts. Therefore, the United Nations does not recognize their identity.
With the outbreak of the latest round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the number of Jewish settlements has continued to surge. In the West Bank, some 3 million Palestinians have been divided and confined to just nine small districts, while the number of Jewish settlers has soared to 490,000. If this war continues, that number will skyrocket even further.
Although this is the first time that the United States has imposed financial sanctions on illegal Jewish settlers, the United States has chosen to turn a blind eye to many more egregious incidents in the past. Therefore, the purpose of this sanction is not only to express dissatisfaction with Israel, but also to make clear to the international community that the United States will not blindly support all of Israel's actions. Palestinian territory must not be encroached upon, and the right of civilians to exist must be guaranteed.
If we look at this conflict from a different angle, we will find that the United States has actually been "tricked" by Israel and deceived into this war.
Since Saudi Arabia and Iran reached a rapprochement in early 2023, the attitude of countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Egypt has also begun to blur. Coupled with the fact that the United States was already focused on the situation in Eastern Europe at that time, the influence of the United States in the Middle East region has declined sharply.
After the Hamas militants launched a military operation called "Al-Aqsa flood", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seized on the fact that the United States would not give up on the Middle East, directly declared the country into a state of combat readiness, and carried out indiscriminate attacks on civilians in an attempt to completely control the land.
Despite the fact that these atrocities allegedly constitute war crimes and racial ***, the United States does not want to lose its only ally and can only choose to support Israel unconditionally.
With the counterattack of the United States and Israel, Iran could not sit idly by, so it called on the armed forces it supported to open up seven battlefields to besiege Israel. As the conflict continued to spread, it eventually led to serious incidents such as the blockade of the Red Sea by the Houthis and the bombing of Yemen by the US-British coalition.
However, the U.S. and British air strikes did not intimidate the armed forces of the Resistance Front. They have expressed their displeasure by attacking US military bases in Iraq, Syria and other places, an action that has plunged the United States deeper and deeper into the quagmire. Now, the United States has realized the unfavorable situation and has begun a series of evacuation operations, even allowing Britain to send aircraft carriers to replace its military presence in the region.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of his own evacuation, he announced in a high-profile manner the imposition of financial sanctions against the four illegal settlers.
This move by the United States means that Israel will lose support, so Israel is beginning to express its dissatisfaction with Biden**. Israeli Finance Minister Motteri accused Biden of sharing the same goals as anti-Semites and strenuously denied the fact that Jewish settlers used violence.
However, the United States also faces its own interests and challenges. Biden's sanctions may be superficial, but the signal it sends is very important: to stop hostilities and resolve the issue through peaceful means. After all, the United States itself is an advocate of the two-state solution.
In this regard, China also seized the opportunity to stress at the Security Council that the two-state solution is the only feasible way to achieve peace between Palestine and Israel, and that Palestinian statehood is an irreversible process. The representative of the United States did not refute either, but tactfully endorsed the views of the representative of China.
With the retreat of the "big brother" of the United States, Britain no longer has to maintain a presence. Recently, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that Britain would not wait for a year-long period of negotiations, but would consider recognizing Palestine as an independent sovereign state ahead of schedule.
Both the United States and the United Kingdom, as the main supporters of Israel, are now beginning to change their positions.
This may mark a turning point in the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and a critical moment for the permanent settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. If Israel continues to cling to its old position and try to occupy Gaza, it will inevitably face disastrous consequences.