Since the outbreak of this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, although the United States has been supporting Israel with practical actions, the Biden administration's dissatisfaction with the Netanyahu government has been growing day by day.
First, Israel's long-term involvement in the Gaza conflict is not in the strategic interests of the United States; second, the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is putting more and more political baggage on the United States, which continues to have a negative impact on Biden's presidential candidacy; in addition, Netanyahu has frequently "slapped the United States in the face", making the United States quite unable to come to power, and also making the United States wary of the United States being "bound" by Israel.
Previously, the United States had criticized Israel a lot, but this time, it seems that the United States is going to "take it seriously" against Israel.
According to a report on the 22nd, the United States intends to sanction Israeli military forces for the first time, and the sanctions are not small. Although US officials have not disclosed which Israeli force they want to sanction for the time being, but only revealed that they will announce the sanctions as early as 22 July, the Israeli side and the Israeli media believe that the target of US sanctions is the "Judas Eternal" battalion. It is reported that this infantry battalion, formed 20 years ago, is an all-male infantry battalion composed of ultra-Orthodox Israeli factions, which has been stationed in the West Bank and has been accused of atrocities against Palestinians.
It is not difficult to conclude that, in the eyes of the United States, the outbreak of this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has a lot to do with Israel's continued expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Especially after Netanyahu became Israeli prime minister again, Israel actively expanded Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and clashed with local Palestinians.
Since the Israeli army attacked Gaza, the United States has considered sanctioning violent criminals in the West Bank, and this time the United States directly attacked an infantry battalion of the Israeli army, which cannot help but make people suspect that the United States has run out of patience and hopes to contain Israel in this way, not only in disguised form urging Israel to end its operation in Gaza as soon as possible, but also reminding Israel to pay attention to easing contradictions with Palestine after the war.
However, this intention of the United States seems to have angered Israel.
According to a CCTV News report on the 22nd, on the evening of the 21st, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant and Israeli wartime cabinet member Gantz spoke with US Secretary of State Blinken, asking the United States not to impose any sanctions on the Israeli army, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu even rebuked the United States for sanctioning the Israeli army is highly absurd, claiming that Israel will do its best to fight back against the sanctions against the Israeli army.
So, if the United States is determined to sanction the Israeli army, how will Israel retaliate? Israel is likely to make a fuss about the US election issue and use the influence of Jews in the US political arena to retaliate against Biden.
However, the outcome of the US election is still unpredictable, and if the Netanyahu government and the Biden administration tear up their faces, and Biden is successfully re-elected, Netanyahu will be in even more danger next.
After Hamas launched the "Al-Aqsa flood" operation, Netanyahu was "forced to palace" several times, and the Israeli extreme right threatened Netanyahu to "stop being Israeli prime minister if he does not fight Rafah", and the Israeli opposition also shouted "Netanyahu step down".
According to China News Network, the Israeli army announced on the 22nd that the head of the IDF military intelligence, Aharon Haliwa, had resigned, and Hawali claimed that he was responsible for the "Al-Aqsa flood" operation. Subsequently, Israeli opposition leaders also called on Netanyahu to follow Haliva's example and resign. Well, if the Biden administration can't tolerate Netanyahu, it's not that there is no grip on Netanyahu.
In short, the US-Israel conflict continues to escalate, and how to deal with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a headache for both the United States and Israel, while Netanyahu is facing increasingly severe challenges.