Netanyahu’s inconsequential visit to Washington

It might have been naive to believe that the meeting was going to lead to an announcement of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Netanyahu arrived in the US in a very different state of mind compared with his previous visits since the war started. He was much more confident. He is now convinced that Israel’s show of force in Iran, with Tehran’s proxies considerably weakened, and his success in pulling in the US to participate in an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations, have considerably elevated his status in Washington. Trump, who previously pledged he would be “very firm” with Netanyahu about ending the war in Gaza, on this occasion, and for no apparent reason, completely refrained from putting any pressure at all on the Israeli leader (Read more at Arabnews).