On April 28, 2024, when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that he would visit the Middle East from April 29 to April 30 to mediate the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel made a bold move and directly slapped Blinken in the face. On 28 April, IDF Chief of Staff Al-Halevi signed an order for the Southern Army to continue its offensive against Rafah, a key city in the Gaza Strip that would inevitably lead to more displacement and casualties if the Israeli army were to be re-entangled in the fighting. The unanimous interpretation of the IDF's approach is that Secretary Blinken's trip to the Middle East is expected to be fruitless, which can only make people feel that Secretary Blinken is very busy and hardworking, but many times he is doing useless work on the Palestinian-Israeli issue. Israel's slap in the face on the eve of Blinken's visit to China also reflects the current differences between the United States and Israel on the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
First of all, from Israel's point of view, the reason why Israel wants to slap the United States in front of Blinken is also based on many considerations.
First, from Israel's point of view, Israel believes that the Palestinian-Israeli issue was caused by Hamas, and even though there have been huge casualties in this war, Israel has always insisted that the problem should be looked at at the essence and source, and that this war was not caused by Israel, so Israel is the victim. Even though Israel has caused huge casualties in the war, it has a debtor, and this is the price that Hamas must pay for provoking Israel, and Israel is not wrong, and the reason why Israel has been tough so far is because of this reason.
Secondly, Israel is doing so because now is the perfect time for Israel to completely remove Hamas from its rule in the Gaza Strip. Of course, behind this action, there are many rights and wrongs between Israel and Hamas, but Israel has finally waited for a good time. The fact that Hamas has used such a huge number of troops, weapons and ammunition to fight Israel to the death also makes Israel feel that if it does not take this opportunity to uproot Hamas, it will be an absolute mortal threat to Israel's rule in the Gaza Strip and Israel's homeland security. Now that Hamas has handed over the head, Israel will of course have to kill the killer, after all, the Jews have never known the word "mercy", nor have they ever known the word "mercy". Therefore, Israel knows that the whole world is against Israel's atrocities in the Gaza Strip, and Israel will continue to do so regardless of it, after all, Israel believes that now is the best time to solve Hamas once and for all.
Thirdly, the reason why Israel has pursued its policy of extermination in Gaza regardless of the stubbornness is that no matter how much the United States criticizes Israel, no matter how the Western world accuses Israel, and no matter how much the majority of countries express dissatisfaction with Israel, Israel has only one attitude. These countries have the ability to come to Gaza and personally end the game, otherwise they are a group of spectators, since they are spectators, they can watch the excitement from the side, this is Israel's greatest confidence. Even if there are contradictions between Israel and the United States, as long as the United States is controlled by Jewish capital, Israel does not worry about the collapse of its biggest backer at all, which gives Israel the confidence to be unscrupulous. Israel just wants to tell Blinken and Arab countries that there is only one way to restore peace to the Gaza Strip, that is, to completely eliminate Hamas and completely let Israel rule Gaza, and only in this way can permanent peace be obtained.
Second, from the perspective of the United States, Blinken's visit to the Middle East this time is not to prevent Israel from continuing its military operations in the Gaza Strip, because the United States also knows very well that it cannot stop Israel at all.
First, although Israel's relationship with the United States is complicated, Israel is a sovereign state after all, and even if the United States were to completely stop Israel, a clockwork-up war machine with frequent external efforts, the United States would not have the ability to do so today. Unless the United States can send troops from the U.S. Central Command directly to Gaza as a peacekeeping force to separate Israel from Hamas, the United States can only stay on verbal persuasion and threats, which is also the place where the United States has no choice but to do in the US-Israel relationship, after all, Israel is a different country.
Second, in addition to the above-mentioned reasons, the United States is both angry and helpless against Israel, and another important reason is that it is well known that the United States has been infiltrated and controlled by Jewish capital to a very serious extent. At present, student demonstrations against Israel and support Palestine have erupted in major US colleges and universities, and in fact this has already reflected the fundamental attitude of the US Government on the Israel issue. Israel is just a naughty child and a rebellious youth, but Israel is definitely not a bad person, and any attempt to overthrow Israel, established by the Jews, will be seen by the United States as a threat to American national security. Now that Israel has the support of the United States, of course, it has become unscrupulous, and therefore the very Judaization of American politics has shown that the bane behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in fact the United States.
Third, Blinken's visit to the Middle East is more about mediation than ordering Israel to stop acting, because everything in the world is connected. This time Blinken went to the Middle East, in fact, there is also a last resort, from the heart, Blinken really does not want to come, he has been here 7 times, Israel does not buy his account at all. It's just that Israel doesn't buy it, and other Middle Eastern countries are also watching the jokes, and the dignified US Secretary of State has fallen to such a point, but Blinken has to bite the bullet.
Because when Blinken visited China, Hamas and Fatah, two former rivals, held talks in Beijing to promote Palestinian unity, which made Blinken, who was still in Beijing at the time, feel like a man. Although Blinken said in an interview with the media that he had no idea at all, the devil knows whether he was telling the truth or not, but after China's peace efforts, Blinken is definitely not willing to be left behind. After all, China successfully brokered relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran last year, and the huge geopolitical shock caused by this incident has indeed made the United States feel China's power. If China succeeds in mediating political unity between Fatah and Hamas on the Palestinian-Israeli issue, it will be another fatal blow to the US hegemony in the Middle East, so Blinken must visit the Middle East whether he wants it or not.