Israeli tanks drove into Rafah, Israeli-Kazakhstan negotiations broke down, China made its solemn position clear, the Biden administration sang the "American-style double reed", and Netanyahu's drama should come to an end.
Not long ago, Israel finally took a dangerous step, dispatching a large number of tanks into the Rafah port and carrying out air strikes on nearly 100 specific targets in Rafah. In this regard, China has made clear its position, expressed grave concern over the actions of the Israeli army, and called on Israel to stop its attack on Rafah and make every effort to avoid an even more serious humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. At the same time as the Israeli army attacked Rafah, the Netanyahu government also sent a delegation to Cairo to negotiate an armistice with Hamas, and Israel scoffed at Hamas's request to "release the hostages after the Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza and promote a comprehensive ceasefire in Gaza" and insisted that Hamas release the hostages first, followed by a "phased ceasefire." Against this background, the talks will naturally not yield results, and the breakdown of the talks between Israel and Kazakhstan will inevitably trigger a greater offensive by the Israeli army against Rafah.
The biggest purpose of the Netanyahu government is to show its "sincerity for peace" through negotiations, calm one-sided international public opinion, and at the same time lower Hamas's vigilance and take the opportunity to launch an attack on Rafah, but this "double show" cannot deceive the international community, on May 7, China and France issued a joint statement on the situation in the Middle East, opposing Israel's attack on Rafah and the forced relocation of Palestinian civilians. On the same day, the UN Secretary-General said that Israel's move was a political disaster and a humanitarian nightmare.
The perverse actions of the Netanyahu administration, in addition to bringing greater pressure on its own public opinion, have also put the United States in a dilemma. As soon as the Chinese side finished speaking, the White House once again warned Israel not to attack Rafah "violently", otherwise it would withhold offensive weapons delivered to Israel. Judging from the Biden administration's remarks, on the surface, it is a "cut" with Israel, but in fact it is more like an "American-style double reed", on the one hand, the US side has changed its position from preventing Israel from attacking Rafah to warning Israel not to "violently" attack Rafah, and its position has been imperceptibly changed and restrictions on Israel have been loosened. On the other hand, the Biden administration's so-called "withholding and aiding Israeli weapons" is meaningless, after the United States has delivered a large number of weapons to the Israeli army through more than 100 arms sales orders, and passed a bill worth $26 billion, Israel probably has sufficient arms supplies.
The current U.S. election is getting closer and closer, and Israel's brutality of the Palestinians will usher in the dissatisfaction of Arab voters in the United States, which will then affect the current President Biden's approval rating. Israel's attack on Rafah shows that its geopolitical ambitions are not only in the Gaza Strip, but also in the West Bank and even Lebanon, and that at that time, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict will inevitably spill over, and the connivance of the United States will only plunge itself into the quagmire of the Middle East. However, the US move has sent a clear signal from the side: The US military will not end up in the Middle East, and there will be some resistance to future aid to Israel, and the Israeli army must be prepared to fight alone.
China's mediation of peace talks between Hamas and Fatah will help Palestine form a united front against Israel, and will also help promote the "two-state solution" to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli issue.