I thought the United States was supposedly shoving Palestinian statehood down Israel’s throat? Bibi repeatedly lied to his people about that as this US veto of a UNSC resolution calling for recognition of a Palestinian state demonstrates. nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

There are hundreds of thousands of Arabs who live in Jerusalem who are now under attack from Iran!

From what one can see on CNN, Iran’s drones and missiles are targeting Jerusalem! That has almost never happened before because of the sanctity of the Holy City for Muslims. Maybe Iran doesn’t value Al Quds in the same way?

Biden keeps up the pressure on Netanyahu in some of his harshest criticism yet. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

There you have it: “There is a date,” says Bibi; “there is no date” says his defense minister. Who are you going to believe?

Here’s the perfect illustration of how Bibi tries to dance between the raindrops. Ben Gvir threatens to bring the coalition down if there's no attack on Rafa. But Bibi knows that Biden will oppose an attack on Rafa even by holding up arms supplies. So he responds to Ben Gvir that…

Biden put his foot down and let it be known that if there were no change in Netanyahu’s policy, U.S. policy (on arms supplies) would change. Senator Coons (one of Biden’s closest friends in the Senate) announced he would support such “conditionality.” The carrot is Saudi peace.

Today Israel withdrew most of its troops from Gaza. The immediate ceasefire that Biden demanded is still being negotiated but this should seriously limit Israeli military operations to targeted interventions with a commensurate drop in civilian casualties. nytimes.com/live/2024/04/0…

Netanyahu announces “there’s a date” for the Rafah operation. It’s somewhere between bukra and mañana. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

U.S. makes a new proposal for Israel-Hamas hostage and ceasefire deal and, lo
and behold, Netanyahu is responding with new flexibility just like Biden demanded in his ultimatum. axios.com/2024/04/08/us-…

What emerges from ⁦Barak Ravid⁩ ‘s report of Biden’s phone call with Bibi is that Biden demanded a “pause” in Israeli military operations while an immediate ceasefire and return of hostages is negotiated…/2 axios.com/2024/04/05/bid…

“I'm still confident that in the end, as all conflicts come to an end, this one will too, and its result will be a two-state solution.”

Martin Indyk on the Foreign Affairs podcast: foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/who-s…

Who Still Believes in a Two-State Solution? My conversation with Foreign Affairs Editor Daniel Kurtz-Phalen about the current Biden-Bibi confrontation and other developments in the Gaza War. foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/who-s… via Foreign Affairs