Netanyahu is Israel itself / The US views Gaza war as a struggle for its survival in West Asia
Pars Today - According to an analyst, if it weren't for the support of the US, the Israeli army, and society, Netanyahu alone could not have shown and exercised power and committed crimes in Gaza and the region.
Analyzing the relationship between the US and the Israeli regime in recent events in West Asia is crucial. According to Pars Today, Saber Gol Anbari in an article in the Iranian newspaper Arman-e Emrooz wrote:
1. Netanyahu wants to drag the US into a regional war by attacking the Iranian embassy in Damascus...
2. Netanyahu is trying to drag the US into a regional war with Iran through recent assassinations in Beirut and Tehran...
3. Netanyahu is the only factor in the continuation of war, genocide, and the failure of negotiations...
The assumption of these statements is that the entire Gaza war, ceasefire, escalating tensions in West Asia, and potential regional war can be reduced to a personal and individualized issue.
The other assumption regarding these statements, especially Netanyahu's plan to drag the US into war, is that Netanyahu can act independently without US support, that he can undermine US will, and that he can induce the White House to merely follow his lead and desires, which is not accurate.
The red line for the United States is the Israeli regime, not its politicians and their personal goals. There is no doubt that "one of the most significant factors" in the continuation of the Gaza war and the failure to achieve a ceasefire, as the author has previously emphasized, is Netanyahu himself and his personal motivation to remain in power, his concerns about his political future, the call for early elections, and the domestic repercussions of the October 7 attack. However, this is certainly not the only factor contributing to the continuation of the war and the lack of a ceasefire; there are other factors at play as well.
Netanyahu's policies regarding Gaza and the region have the backing of a majority of Israeli society, which has gradually led to a significant increase in his popularity. As a result, for the first time after the recent attacks, he has surpassed Benny Gantz and has once again become the preferred choice for prime minister among Israelis.
The main source of opposition to Netanyahu in Israel is not his policies towards the Palestinians and the genocide in Gaza, but rather internal issues, the October 7 attack, and sometimes disagreements over priorities in the war. For instance, the Israeli opposition currently believes that accepting a ceasefire is necessary to save the lives of hostages, and that in the future, the Israeli regime can resume the war whenever it chooses. However, Netanyahu disagrees with this approach.
Similar differences exist between Netanyahu and the Biden administration, and are undeniable; However, these differences have not been translated into a change in the White House's strategy and practical positions in this war, despite some declared positions on the need for a ceasefire and criticism of the killing of civilians in Gaza, after ten months, and military aid and security and military cooperation remain in place.
This does not mean that the Biden administration is playing on Netanyahu's field and sending so many war machines to the region is not for Netanyahu to stay in power; Rather, it means that the White House considers this war and its fate not Netanyahu's war, but America's own war, Israel and its West Asia policy.
The reality is that Netanyahu's fate and that of Israel are somehow tied together. The US policy and strategy in this war is to ensure the future of the Israeli regime and restore its deterrence in the region, and Netanyahu also benefits from this to stay in power. Also, the differences at this level do not mean that the prime minister of Israel wants or can start a war in the region without US coordination.
No matter how much Netanyahu and Biden disagree, he cannot take action to carry out the recent assassinations without US cooperation and coordination; Essentially, the nature of the deep relationship between the United States and the Israeli regime does not allow Netanyahu to take such highly tense actions to the point of war in the region without this coordination.
Also, even if Netanyahu had such a fantasy and did not want to coordinate with the US, it is highly unlikely that the CIA would not have been informed of Netanyahu's decision before the assassination of Haniyeh and Shukr and would not have informed the White House to prevent Netanyahu and his "plot" for a regional war.
Although the differences between Netanyahu and Biden are an undeniable reality, it seems that based on the requirements of declarative management of war , there is some exaggeration in this regard, and the "personalization" of the war, the escalation of tensions in the region, and the reduction of it to Netanyahu's personal goals is unlikely to be aimed at a kind of dividing the tasks and missions in the region, where the policy and behavior of the actors involved in this war are controlled by using the Netanyahu lever.
Also, the outcome of this personalization is the reduction of this systematic genocide to a personal matter and Netanyahu's individual motivations, and it attributes the responsibility for this genocide solely to him; this also somewhat reduces the further damage to the overall image of the Israeli regime in the world.
In fact, if it weren't for the support of the United States, the Israeli army, and Israeli society, Netanyahu alone would not have been able to exercise and demonstrate power to this extent, neither in Gaza nor in the region.
MG
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