Netanyahu, not Biden, is setting the agenda in the Middle East [View all]

[onandup]

Officials in the Biden administration felt blindsided by Friday’s Israeli airstrikes in southern Beirut that killed Hassan Nasrallah, and other senior Hezbollah figures, current and former officials say.

In the days before the Israeli attack, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had intensively shuttled between delegations in New York during the United Nations General Assembly session, trying to forge a 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.

President Joe Biden, Pentagon senior leaders and other senior officials across the administration were infuriated by the timing of the Israeli government operation, U.S. officials said.

Israel’s continued airstrikes in Lebanon, which have killed more than 1,000 people in two weeks, according to Lebanese health officials, have reinforced the administration’s fears that Netanyahu’s aggressive approach could trigger a chain reaction, resulting in a wider regional war that could possibly draw in the United States.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-not-biden-setting-agenda-middle-east-rcna173149

Israel will do as they please until we get serious about an arms embargo.