As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to escalate, tensions in the region have spread to more countries, especially Iran's recent missile attacks on Israel, marking a further openness of tensions between the two sides and exacerbating the turmoil in the Middle East. Iran's actions are a direct response to Israel's bombing of its consulate general in Damascus, Syria, resulting in casualties, and a series of retaliatory actions that are not only symbolic and have succeeded in calming the mood at home, but also pushing the situation in the region to the brink.
The hostile relationship between Israel and Iran has a long history, with Iran threatening to eliminate Israel's presence, and Israel's long-standing efforts to prevent the advancement of Iran's nuclear program, at the cost of heavy-handedness. Although the two sides have clashed indirectly through proxy wars in the past, Iran's direct attack on Israel itself has undoubtedly pushed the potential conflict to unprecedented heights. If Israel chooses to escalate its retaliatory measures, the Middle East is likely to fall into a situation of full-scale confrontation, involving the interests of the entire Islamic world and threatening global peace and stability.
Under the current circumstances, China and the international community have generally called on all parties to remain calm and avoid the situation from escalating out of control. It is worth noting that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is one of the core issues of the current round of crisis, and only through a peace agreement between Palestine and Israel can this series of chain reactions be fundamentally resolved. Since the outbreak of the new Israeli-Palestinian war last year, the conflict has shown no signs of abating, but has instead led to political turmoil, economic decline, rising social discontent, and even popular challenges to the leadership of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The pressure on Netanyahu's government is enormous, and its policy advocacy includes an attempt to break with the internationally accepted "two-state solution" in an attempt to consolidate Israel's control of the Gaza Strip, which has been widely rejected by the international community and has sparked controversy at home. In particular, the Israeli army's recent accidental bombing of an international aid organization has not only caused the loss of innocent civilians, but also aroused strong condemnation in the Western community, and further weakened the legitimacy of the Netanyahu government.
In the face of domestic and external difficulties, Israel's future direction has attracted much attention. Whether Netanyahu will lose power due to popular discontent, or whether he will continue to postpone elections in the name of a state of war, has become the focus of public opinion. At the same time, the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has spread to the United States, and Arab communities in some states and counties are seeking to use American democratic institutions to pressure Israel, which also makes US President Joe Biden face a difficult choice. Former President Trump took this opportunity to speak out, claiming that if he is re-elected, he will quickly bring about peace between Israel and Palestine, thus contrasting the Biden administration's position and effect in dealing with Middle East affairs.