The Palestinian–Israeli War, better described as the Hamas–Israeli War, began on May 10, 2021, when the Palestinians/Hamas attacked Israel with rockets. Ultimately, for 11 continuous days and nights Hamas shot over 4,000 rockets into Israel across a wide spectrum of the land. In return, Israel unleashed massive retaliatory strikes against much more focused targets, aiming mostly at Hamas leadership. A ceasefire was declared on May 21, 2021.
If the analysis goes no further than Hamas against Israel, the real protagonist will have achieved its objective without paying any price for the death and destruction caused. This description cannot possibly be accepted by the Biden administration. It would stand in the way of their obsession with reversing all things Trump, without any further analysis.
This war was a proxy war. It can be best described by comparing it to one of the scenes in “The Godfather” when Vito Corleone explains to his consigliere Tom Hagen who was really behind the attempt to kill him and destroy his family: “Tattaglia is a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino. But I didn’t know until this day that is was Barzini all along.”
Substitute Hamas for Tattaglia and the Islamic Republic of Iran for Barzini, and it becomes: “Hamas is a pimp. It never could have outfought Israel. But I didn’t know until this day that it was Iran all along.”
Ben Hunt, who used the quote on investing website Epsilon Theory as an example of erroneous financial analysis, observed: “Once Vito understood why Philip Tattaglia was going after him, that he was just a stooge for Emilio Barzini, everything changed for the Corleone family.”
Can Biden make the same deduction?
But what ultimately saved the Corleone family wasn’t just the observation of Barzini’s causal influence, it was the strategy that adjusted to the new reality of why.
Can Biden adjust his strategy?
To get there, it’s necessary to go beyond the obvious. Biden appears to rely solely on others. Unfortunately, they’re mostly the same ideologues who were conned into the 2015 agreement with the Regime of Terror. It would take a massive admission of serious error in judgement. The safety and security of Israel, and ultimately of the United States, hangs in the balance. Sometimes, just sometimes, even corrupted politicians and exalted advisers can act in the best interests of their country.
Iranian Support
For decades, the Regime of Terror has been supporting Hamas. It dates to at least 1987. It first started with organizational and operative support from Iran through Hezbollah to Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). In 1993, Iran publicly pledged $30 million in annual support directly for Hamas’s anti-Israel offensive.
