On the night of April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and nearly 150 missiles at Israel in retaliation for Israel's cross-border bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria some time ago. Although the United States, with its own intelligence system, issued an early warning of the attack, and Israel made defensive preparations with the assistance of the United States almost at the same time, the air strike launched by Iran still caused damage to Israel. According to the news released by a number of foreign media quoted by the global network, the United Nations Security Council has urgently convened a meeting on this matter, and UN Secretary-General Guterres issued a statement strongly condemning Iran's escalation of the situation and warning that the Middle East can no longer afford a new war.
In addition to the United Nations, Israel's Western allies have also expressed their stance one after another, and countries and organizations such as Britain, France, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and the European Union have unanimously condemned Tehran's attack on Israel. The United States, Israel's "staunchest ally," condemned Iran in "the most vehement terms" immediately after the attack. But at the same time, US President Joe Biden did not further hint at retaliation against Iran after the attack and a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also made it clear in a statement issued on the 14th that he would discuss with U.S. allies how to respond, but "the U.S. does not want the situation to escalate and will continue to support Israel's defense." In response to this sudden incident, the mainland has also publicly stated its position. At a press conference held on the 14th, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made it clear that China called on relevant parties to exercise restraint, and pointed out that the current round of escalation is a manifestation of the spillover of the Gaza conflict, and the top priority is to implement Security Council resolution 2728 as soon as possible, and China calls on influential countries to play a role in maintaining regional peace and stability.
Judging from the current situation, Iran insists on launching large-scale air strikes against Israel despite a series of warnings issued by the United States and the West in advance. But judging by the results of the airstrikes, it is clear that Iran does not intend to really escalate the situation. More importantly, the United States has unequivocally accepted Tehran's signal of de-escalation, which is why Biden made no mention of assisting Israel in retaliation during his telephone communication with Netanyahu, which is to make it clear that he hopes that the matter will "end here". In this way, Iran can account for its internal problems, and the United States can avoid distractions from dealing with Iran.
Therefore, the hot potato of "counterattack" was once again thrown into Netanyahu's hands. In fact, Israel's attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria without any warning was not only to hit this old adversary, but to exert maximum pressure on the United States by attacking the Iranian embassy, to force the Biden administration to come up with real assistance, and even to force the United States to take the action himself, that is, to deploy the US troops in the Middle East to fight Israel's sworn enemies. But Netanyahu underestimated Iran's hand and overestimated his place in Biden's heart.
Facts have once again proved that the resistance of the United States to the "tail waging dog" can be overwhelming, especially when Biden begins to focus on the domestic election, and Netanyahu's stubbornness on the Palestinian-Israeli issue will force the United States to have some reservations. Moreover, Netanyahu and the Democratic Party have always been at odds, and the former pinned his hopes on Trump's second coming to power, so he spared no effort to create conflicts to achieve the goal of "waiting for change".
The latter, in order to preserve his moral image, must keep a certain distance from Netanyahu's government and prevent young voters from leaving him. It can be seen from this that no matter how strong the "alliance" is, it cannot withstand the torture of real interests, so the intensity of Israel's counterattack should be controlled in a relatively light range in the future.