When will the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which has lasted for hundreds of days, end? This is a hot topic of concern to the whole world. Now, the finale of this tragedy is finally coming. According to the Observer, U.S. President Joe Biden recently officially issued an executive order imposing financial and visa sanctions on four Israeli men involved in attacks on Palestinians and destruction of Palestinian civilian property. At the same time, he declared a national emergency in the United States, and the US Government also endorsed China's proposal for resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It can be said that in the context of the continuous escalation of US-Israeli contradictions and the internal and external troubles of the United States, the Biden administration has finally made up its mind to respond to Israel with thunderous means, and China and the United States have reached a certain consensus on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which has also allowed the long-awaited Palestinians to finally see the dawn of peace.
Since the outbreak of a new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict last year, the attitude of the United States towards Israel has been very obvious: it supports but does not condone it. In terms of its basic stance, the United States has unequivocally supported Israel and given all-round support in the diplomatic, military, and economic fields. At the United Nations General Assembly, the United States and its Western allies labeled Hamas "terrorist" and supported Israel's military action despite the opposition of many countries. At the same time, the United States has continuously provided Israel with weapons, ammunition, and financial support, and has even sent an aircraft carrier battle group into the Red Sea to support Israel and deter forces from all sides.
However, instead of returning Israel's obedience, the United States has continued to worsen the situation in the Middle East. In particular, with Israel's full-scale ground military operation in Gaza, indiscriminate bombing and attacks have broken through the lower limit of humanity and caused a terrible humanitarian disaster, which has not only made Israel the target of public criticism, but also made the United States take the blame for it, and was questioned by Middle Eastern countries and many Western allies. What's more serious is that seeing that the United States has not taken practical action to stop Israel's atrocities, the Islamic resistance groups in the Middle East have begun to target the US troops in the Middle East, and the entire Middle East has been fully ignited with war, coupled with the Yemeni Houthis launching a "ship raid war" in the Red Sea, the Red Sea crisis has broken out, and the global shipping cost has risen sharply.
Fundamentally speaking, the United States strongly supports Israel out of the consideration of safeguarding its own interests and taking the lead in the face of its big brother. However, the younger brother of Israel took the benefits without considering the good intentions of the eldest brother, and did not accept the control at all. Even after Biden appeared in person to warn the Israeli government, Israel remained indifferent. In such a situation, the United States, which is anxious to extricate itself from the war in the Middle East, has no choice but to adopt more radical measures.
On the Palestinian-Israeli issue, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, has made clear on many occasions China's attitude that peace between Palestine and Israel should be fundamentally realized on the basis of the "two-state solution." Previously, the United States and its allies had been obstructing on this issue in order to help Israel. Now, the Biden administration has finally made up its mind to fundamentally break the situation. It is not difficult to see from the sanctions order issued by Biden that the Biden administration is more inclined to support Fatah than Hamas. After all, in the Fatah-controlled West Bank of Palestine, the situation here is relatively relaxed. In terms of governing philosophy, Fatah is more moderate, which will also help the United States to lay out its position in the future. In November last year, the United States demanded that Israel resume the transfer of tax revenues belonging to Fatah, but Israel refused. After issuing the sanctions order and supporting China's proposal, the United States will inevitably take more countermeasures, such as interrupting the supply of weapons and ammunition, financial support, etc., and finally force Israel to make concessions.
Although both China and the United States support the two-state solution, Israel has no intention of "laying down its swords and shaking hands and making peace." At a recent meeting of the Israeli cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear that Israel will not end the conflict until "all goals" are achieved. The so-called "all goals", which Netanyahu has publicly explained many times before, include the complete elimination of Hamas, the rescue of hostages and prisoners of war, and the ensurance that Gaza no longer threatens Israel.
It can be said that none of these goals can be achieved in the short term. At a time when the outside world is generally concerned about the peace talks between Israel and Hamas, Netanyahu once again stressed that Israel will never negotiate peace for the sake of peace talks. At present, the Israeli army's military operations in southern Gaza are continuing, and there are signs of large-scale killings in Rafah. Once Israel continues to go its own way, it will be up to the United States to really show its iron fist and strike a good blow at the "little bully of the Middle East."