In the years immediately after the end of the Cold War, the United States undoubtedly stood alone in the limelight, and its foreign actions could be called arrogant and hegemonic.
Since the outbreak of this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the United States has obviously shown restraint, and what is particularly surprising is that Qatar has openly demanded that the United States be "restrained."
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on the 30th, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdelrahman Al Thani called on the United States on the 29th, claiming that the negotiations on the Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire agreement being held in Paris have made positive progress, and asked the United States not to destroy this "good situation".
The Qatari prime minister specifically pointed out that after the attack on the US troops stationed in Jordan, he hoped that the US retaliation would not undermine the Palestinian-Israeli cease-fire negotiation process, and at the same time stressed that any retaliatory action by the United States would affect the security of the Middle East region, and he hoped that the situation would be brought under control.
To put it bluntly, Qatar openly puts the United States above the overall situation, but in fact, it uses the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to manipulate the United States and make the United States "bear the burden of humiliation".
Qatar's call for the United States is likely to be based on two main understandings.
First, the United States is reluctant to go to war with Iran directly. From Trump to Biden, the United States has avoided direct war with Iran, and if the United States wants to retaliate against Iran, it will either borrow the hand of others or strike pro-Iranian forces.
Second, the United States is unwilling to allow the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to continue, fears that the conflict will continue to escalate and spread, and is eager to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. For this reason, the United States has taken the initiative to promote Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire talks, and in order to put pressure on the Netanyahu government, the United States has considered suspending or suspending arms sales to Israel.
Although the attack on the US military in Jordan caused the United States a lot of losses, it was also a "slap in the face" to the United States, but the United States allowed the flames of the Palestinian-Israeli war to burn for a long time, allowed the United States to sink deeper and deeper into the chaos in the Middle East, and made the United States pay an even greater price.
As a result, even if the United States retaliates in the future, it is likely to adopt more restrained measures.
But the problem is that even if the United States is willing to make concessions, it will still be a headache for Israel not to go along with the United States.
According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on the 30th, on the 29th, the Israeli army launched a new offensive against Gaza. Hamas then immediately fired back with more than a dozen rockets fired into Israel. Moreover, Israel has not only continued to attack Gaza, but has also launched attacks against Iran. According to a report by Xinhua News Agency on the 30th, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced on the 29th that Israel launched another airstrike on the Syrian capital on the same day.
The United States wants to put out the fire, but Israel has not made up its mind to put out the fire, and it is not enough to let the United States "not stir up the situation" to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli issue. In short, let's continue to wait and see how Biden responds next.