The risks to Biden of Israel going rogue against Iran
The risk is that ‘ironclad’ support can be read as a blank cheque to Israel to take whatever military action it sees fit — confident that, when the chips are down, America will have its back.
Ever since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 last year, America has pursued two key objectives. The first is to provide “ironclad” support for Israel. The second is to prevent a wider regional war that might drag in the US.
But there is a latent tension between those two goals. And that tension is now close to snapping point.
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Gideon Rachman is chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times. His particular interests include American foreign policy, the European Union and globalisation.
