Blinken had just returned from a visit to China and then went to the Middle East.
According to the Associated Press, the U.S. State Department said on April 27 that Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East again. This is Blinken's seventh visit to the region since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict more than six months ago.
According to the US State Department, it is to Saudi Arabia, to attend the World Economic Forum meeting, and to meet with the foreign ministers of Arab countries in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. In addition, Israeli diplomats said that Blinken would visit Israel on April 30, but the U.S. State Department's announcement about Blinken's trip did not mention this.
What are you doing in the Middle East? The US State Department's statement is to discuss and intensify humanitarian assistance to Gaza. Doesn't it mean that the United States is building an artificial wharf there? With this artificial wharf, humanitarian aid can be provided directly to the Gaza Strip instead of passing through Israel. However, the so-called man-made wharf in the United States will not be able to build it well for a while and a half. As for whether humanitarian aid is in the hands of Israel or the Americans, is that different?
What he says may not be true, but what is it really about? What exactly is Blinken's trip to the Middle East?
Of course, we still want to resolve the issue of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, because the current incident has already embarrassed the United States. In particular, universities in the United States have already made a fuss about this matter. The international situation has caused trouble at home, and this has put great pressure on the Biden administration. Especially in the middle of the election year, if this issue is not handled well, it will affect Biden's re-election.
What the Biden administration wants most is to "make peace with the mud" and suppress this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict first. I'm going to beat you, and you'll fight after I'm re-elected. As for saying that if you don't succeed in re-election and Trump comes to power, you can fight if you want, whatever. The key contradiction in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli issue now lies in whether to "make peace with the mud" and make a temporary solution, or whether to quickly cut through the chaos and make a permanent solution. This is the most essential and biggest difference between the United States and China in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli issue.
The United States not only wants to "make peace" with the mud itself, but also wants to "make peace with the mud" from Israel's point of view. Hamas, for its part, has promised that if the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem is based on the 1967 borders, it can lay down its arms and disarm and become a normal political party participating in the governance of the Palestinian State. It seems that it has retreated to the bottom, but this condition is not low.
According to the Associated Press, Israel is unlikely to consider accepting this condition. In the words of the director of the non-governmental organization International Crisis Group, the current Israeli government rejects the two-state solution, and the great changes have taken place since 1967, and the possibility of an independent Palestinian state is almost nil. See no, this is the idea of Israel.
So what about Blinken? It is up to the Arab countries of the Middle East who have a single vote to put pressure on Hamas and press Hamas to make his terms as close to Israel's conditions as possible. Blinken is going to the Middle East one trip after another. But the problem is that Hamas is also a "strong point", and it is difficult to push this head down. What should I do if I can't hold it down? The number of casualties caused by the fight has exceeded 100,000.
Some people will say that it is terrible, humanitarian crisis, stop it, stop it. From the bottom of our hearts, we want reconciliation and an end to this humanitarian catastrophe. But how to stop, how to terminate? Is it okay to use the American plan? The US plan has been temporarily stopped, and it will be fought in the future. Of course, this is from the perspective of a third party. From my subjective standpoint, if reconciliation in the Middle East is achieved with the US solution, or with US mediation, it may be a disaster for China, or at least not a good thing.
Some people say that as long as the humanitarian crisis is stopped, whoever intervenes and mediates is a good thing. It's a bit of "Too Young Too Simple". In fact, whether it is the Russia-Ukraine conflict or the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, there are many such people. They look at these international issues with too much love and hatred. International issues are about love and hatred.
The British said back then that there are no eternal friends, and there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. It's rough to say, and you can't put it on the table, but that's the truth.