Pictured is Netanyahu
The topic of this issue, the United States has just passed aid, and it wants to impose sanctions on the Israeli army; Spanish media warn: Iran's strategic patience has ended, and the risk in the Middle East will rise?
Recently, Israel and Iran have bombed each other's territory, and the two sides have come and gone, exchanging harsh words and even calling for an all-out war. However, these two countries bombed each other in the air, which really frightened the United States a lot.
During the Israeli-Iranian fight, in order not to escalate the situation and drag itself into the water, the United States can be said to have done everything in its power, Biden gave Netanyahu harsh words, and then united with the G7 to put pressure on Israel, and at the same time found China to persuade Iran. After doing so much, the United States still feels uneasy, and has joined European countries to impose a new round of sanctions on Iran in an attempt to weaken Iran's strike capability.
The picture shows Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Sun
And recently, the United States has made another big move, which is aimed at Israel. On April 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a $26 billion military aid bill to Israel, meaning that Israel could have more money to support military operations in Gaza, or continue to fight Iran in the future.
But at the same time as giving a sweet date, the US media also revealed that the US government is expected to impose sanctions on an Israeli army in the coming days, allegedly due to its "human rights violations" in the West Bank. At a time when people are questioning the veracity of the news, it just so happened that Netanyahu said on social media that the United States cannot sanction the Israeli army, which seems to be a reverse "confirmation" of the news.
While sanctioning the Israeli military and assuming a posture of easing the situation in the Middle East, the United States continues to promote military aid to Israel. Not only does it make people wonder, which one is the United States doing?
Pictured is Biden
In fact, this is not the first time that the United States has done this, and when the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, Biden has repeatedly publicly spoken in support of the "two-state solution" and expressed his hope for a ceasefire in Gaza, but in practical actions, he has been defending Israel. In March, the United States abstained from voting on the UN Security Council draft resolution on a ceasefire in Gaza, but then immediately authorized billions of dollars in military aid to Israel.
In fact, in the light of these incidents, it is not difficult to find that the United States supports Israel and that the pressure on Israel is completely under pressure. In terms of Israel's importance to the United States, it must be protected, because it is the sole proxy of the United States in the Middle East. It's just that Israel has gone too far and caused a serious humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which embarrasses the United States, which prides itself on maintaining world peace.
The picture shows the United States aiding artillery shells
In addition, coercion and temptation, and the combination of will, is the means of the United States to control other countries, and at the same time give you sweet dates, and then slap you. There is no major contradiction between the United States and Israel at the strategic level, the United States needs Israel as its strategic fulcrum in the Middle East, and Israel also needs the United States to protect them, and the overall strategic direction is the same.
However, in terms of specific methods, Israel does not listen to the United States completely, but fights its own, and this makes the two countries indeed have some contradictions in the specific ways to realize their strategies, so the United States needs to exert some pressure on Israel to obey its own arrangements.
The U.S. aid bill is $95 billion. This includes $61 billion for Ukraine, plus $26 billion for Israel and $8 billion for so-called "Indo-Pacific security." The entire aid bill has been stuck in Congress for months, but now it has been suddenly passed, and Iran has played a big role in this.
Of course, this is not to say that Iran has asked the United States to give aid to Israel, but that this round of conflict between Israel and Iran has broken the long-term strategic balance of the United States in the Middle East, and if the situation continues to escalate, it will affect the whole body, not only will its interests in the Middle East be damaged, but the overall strategic layout of the United States in the direction of Russia, Ukraine and the Asia-Pacific region will also be broken, so the United States must strengthen its assistance to Israel.
Pictured is Iranian President Raisi
Spain's El Mundo reported on April 19 that Iran's attack on Israel mainland on April 13 meant that Iran had launched a new strategic doctrine. Although the two countries have also fought many times in the past, they have never openly involved the homeland of the two countries, and Israel has shown considerable restraint in the previous targeted actions against Iran, but this time the embassy was bombed, and Iran directly hit the Israeli mainland, which shows the end of the era of Iran's "strategic patience".
This means that if Israel does anything more against Iran in the future, then its homeland may no longer be taboo, and through this counterattack, Iran has restored a certain degree of deterrence potential. If "strategic patience" no longer works, then Iran may be replaced by "multi-layered defense." And this indirectly contributed to the passage of the American Aid Act.
At the same time, the passage of the US aid bill has also changed the trend of the situation in the Middle East to a certain extent. First of all, on the European side, after Ukraine receives this $61 billion in aid, it can drag Russia on the battlefield and let the war continue, causing Russia to be unable to get out.
If this money is not available, then according to the current situation, Russia can quickly end the fighting and then intervene in the Middle East affairs, after all, Russia also has its own interests in the Middle East, so the pressure on the United States will increase sharply.
Pictured is Putin
The two seemingly unrelated conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and Palestine and Israel are actually inextricably linked, and the turmoil in one will also have a great impact on the other. If the Palestinian-Israeli situation escalates, Russia will be a little more relaxed, and if the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ends, the United States will free up energy to deal with Russia, and the same is true for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Therefore, these two conflicts are in a state of mutual checks and balances, and the development of the situation in the Middle East, in addition to Israel and Iran, also depends on Russia and the United States, which in essence is actually a confrontation between the United States and Russia.
As the saying goes: "There can only be checks and balances, not constraints." "In the ever-changing international situation, we can't just blindly suppress others, the best way is to restrain each other, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has contained Russia, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has contained the United States, which is a game between the two countries.