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Recently, the Middle East region has once again been caught in the center of the storm of international vision and has become the focus of world attention.
The retaliatory actions between Palestine and Israel have intensified like a prairie fire, rapidly pushing forward the sharp deterioration of the situation.
At this turbulent moment, many countries have adjusted their foreign policies toward the Middle East in order to safeguard their own interests, and this has undoubtedly added another fire to the already tense atmosphere in the region.
In a pivotal meeting in Beijing, Hamas and Fatah did everything they could to repair long-standing internal rifts.
Hamas is committed to establishing a Palestinian state with Islam as its state religion, while Fatah is obsessed with building a secular nation-state.
Since Hamas's success in the 2006 elections, Fatah has struggled to accept the results of the elections due to the covert support of the West, which in turn ignited the fuse of the Palestinian civil war.
Since then, Palestine has fallen into the embarrassing situation of "one country, two governments", with Gaza and the West Bank controlled by two forces.
Although the two sides have tried to reconcile several times over the past decade, the deadlock of division has not been broken.
At the same time, the recent Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been dubbed the "Israeli-Kazakh conflict" with ulterior motives, which is clearly a ruse to drive a wedge between Hamas and Fatah.
The existence of such internal contradictions has directly weakened the overall strength of Palestine and made it difficult to negotiate its national rights and interests.
If true national reunification cannot be achieved, all negotiations on the restoration of national rights and interests will become empty talk.
However, the meeting between Hamas and Fatah in Beijing seems to have offered a glimmer of hope for reconciliation, which is of decisive significance for breaking the strategic layout of divide and rule between the United States and Israel.
In the international arena, pressure on Israel is also mounting.
Recently, Colombia and Turkey have taken decisive measures, with Colombia resolutely severing diplomatic relations with Israel, while Turkey has not hesitated to cut off economic and trade ties with Israel.
These measures are not only a powerful response to Israel's atrocities in Gaza, but also fully reflect the strong dissatisfaction of the international community with Israel's policies.
Against the backdrop of global attention, a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict is intensifying.
Colombia has sharply condemned Israel's extremist military operations in Gaza, even comparing them to the brutality of the "Nazis" and denouncing Gaza as a "concentration camp".
The rhetoric provoked intense anger from Israel, which immediately cut off arms supplies to Colombia.
However, in the face of US intervention, Colombia remained steadfast in its position and resolutely severed diplomatic relations with Israel, fully demonstrating its deep opposition to Israel's actions.
Turkey also showed its strong determination by decisively announcing the cessation of all trade with Israel.
This decision is a strong reflection of dissatisfaction with Israel's continued atrocities.
Under the influence of Turkey's resolute attitude, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has gradually internationalized, which has made the United States' mediation work in the Middle East more difficult, and it has to step up efforts to promote the peace process, especially in the interaction between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
In addition, the upcoming signing of a "historic" agreement between Saudi Arabia and the United States heralds a major shift in US strategy in the Middle East.
The deal could include providing security guarantees to Saudi Arabia in exchange for Israeli compromises — an end to the fighting in Gaza and support for Palestinian statehood.
This move is a clear indication of the urgent need that the United States feels to maintain its influence in the Middle East.
In the face of multiple pressures at home and abroad, including the domestic economic and political crisis and the international trend towards de-dollarization, the United States has had to work closely with Saudi Arabia to preserve the dollar's position.
The U.S. strategic focus is shifting to the Indo-Pacific region, intending to better counter China's rise by easing tensions in the Middle East.
The U.S. commitment to Hamas in exchange for the release of hostages in exchange for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza has once again demonstrated the U.S. flexibility and resilience in achieving its geopolitical goals.
Therefore, the role of the United States in the Middle East is full of irony: on the one hand, it is urgently promoting the peace process, and on the other hand, it is carefully orchestrating a new political chess game behind the scenes, and this paradoxical strategy not only fails to fundamentally solve the deep-seated problems in the Middle East, but further exacerbates the instability in the region.
In this complex international situation, China, as a responsible major country, has always upheld the principles of peace, justice and cooperation, and has played a positive role in promoting peace and stability in the Middle East.
We call on all parties to exercise restraint, resolve differences through dialogue and consultation, and jointly contribute to maintaining regional peace and prosperity.