The ongoing assaults and threats from the Houthis within the Red Sea waters proceed, and the Biden administration has not but supplied a transparent response to the current lethal assault by a militia group affiliated with the Islamic Republic in Jordan, which resulted within the demise of three American navy personnel.
Meanwhile, analysts, Middle East specialists, and worldwide media proceed to invest in regards to the Biden administration’s present coverage within the Middle East, significantly in direction of the Islamic Republic, the way forward for the Gaza Strip battle, and the formation of an unbiased Palestinian state.
The New York Times printed an analytical piece by Thomas Friedman, an knowledgeable on American overseas coverage and the Middle East, expressing hope for a well-considered coverage from the present US authorities within the face of the complicated scenario within the area.
Friedman warns that and not using a right coverage within the Middle East, the Islamic Republic shall be strengthened, Israel shall be remoted, and the US will lose its affect. He outlines three key parts of the coverage the Biden administration ought to undertake.
First, the US ought to take a decisive and powerful stance in opposition to the actions of the Islamic Republic, together with a selected navy response to the killing of the American navy personnel in Jordan.
Second, the administration ought to provoke a diplomatic effort to ascertain an unbiased Palestinian state, together with recognizing a Palestinian civilian state within the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Third, the US ought to kind a broad safety alliance involving Saudi Arabia, requiring the normalization of relations between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.
Friedman believes that such a coverage may deliver a couple of vital transformation within the area, however failure to take action would strengthen the Islamic Republic and diminish US affect.