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    Widening Mideast Conflict Exposes Limits of US Leverage With Israel

    Author: Peter Martin, Fiona MacDonald, Dan Williams, and Iain Marlow Source: Bloomberg
    October 5, 2024 at 13:06
    A man walks in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Oct. 3.Source: AFP/Getty Images
    A man walks in the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Oct. 3.Source: AFP/Getty Images

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is escalating his fight against Iran. With the US presidential election a month away, the Biden administration can’t — or won’t — stop him.

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    By the time Iran fired around 200 missiles at Israel this week, the US had already told the world the Islamic Republic was about to strike. But when Israel bombed Beirut a few days earlier, killing Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and triggering Iran's reprisal, President Joe Biden's administration was all but blindsided — and by a close US ally, rather than an adversary.

    From being left in the dark in Beirut to failing to broker a cease-fire in Lebanon or Gaza, the Biden administration has time and again felt the limits of its relationship with Israel. Now Washington stands on the verge of a wider war it may be unable — or unwilling — to stop, presented with what Israel calls an opportunity to reshape the Middle East in a way not seen for decades.

     

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