@snood,
Quote:Okay, granted. But I can’t help but wonder what level of involvement by Biden would be considered enough.
If he tells Netanyahu he supports a ceasefire?
More? Less?
Biden, like every US President before him, faces a nearly insurmountable set of problems here (the evidence for that claim is simply that none have been able to turn this around). Perhaps (I'm not anything like an expert on this matter) the closest point was during Carter's presidency and the Camp David Accords. But as you may know, years later in a recorded interview, Netanyahu bragged about killing those accords. Israeli intransigence is one key factor. The power of the Jewish lobby (which hews in support of mainly the right in Israel) is another. And that lobby is bolstered in the US by the GOP and the religious right. And then there is the underlying problem of very ancient grievances and tribalisms which, like racism in the US, are exceedingly difficult to eradicate. And on top of all that, sits the military/economic strategies related to maintaining a dependable ally in the Middle East and thus some control over major oil sources and production.
As to what Biden might do to be considered enough, that will depend upon who's doing the considering, obviously. Bernie Sanders and Bernie Latham would likely have differing notions. Israel depends upon massive cash infusions from America and this could be leveraged much more than it seems to have been. Politically that is a landmine. But even given all the above, the US has been complicit in what has happened with the Palestinians. Not the US alone, but mainly the US.
