Author: Simon Speakman Cordall
Published on: 02/09/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to rely on the United States’ absolute backing throughout his country’s war on Gaza. The Donald Trump administration has yet to exhibit similar qualms, even going so far in February as to suggest that all of Gaza’s population be ethnically cleansed. It uses its veto on the UN Security Council to block demands for a ceasefire in Gaza, despite mounting death toll. Ori Goldberg What would happen regionally? Would Israel be attacked, as it claims? "I think you suddenly removed the US from the equation, you’d be removing the one largest single [impediment] to some kind of settlement there’s been" Israel is very dependent on the US financially, but it wouldn’t collapse entirely. Ori Goldberg What would happen in Israeli politics? “Not as much as you think. Israel’s settler community is already high on its own stash. They’re going to continue with what they see as their God-given mission, whatever happens. Daniel Levy What would happen to its military? "If the US vanished tomorrow, Israel could probably sustain its war on Gaza for around a year, but its priorities would change as it became significantly more vulnerable. "Without the US, the blocking of the commercial satellites that Israel relies upon to obscure its territory would end. This would allow its adversaries to see into its territory immediately. Europe is already having a weapons shortfall in relation to what it sees as the threat from Russia. Israel isn’t going to be able to afford to purchase weapons on anything like the scale it has.
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