THE ROAD TO hell is paved with good intentions. This was never truer for US President Joe Biden than it is now. Preparing for a re-election bid, he is watching the new Middle East turning into ashes. And he has a task that only Agent Ethan Hunt in a Mission Impossible movie could pull off—find a solution for the messiest problem since the 1940s, the Israel-Palestine conflict. And on a deadline.
“The situation is dire,” said Kabir Taneja, fellow at Observer Research Foundation. “This has pushed the question of Palestine, for long on the back burner, now to the front and centre.”
Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 put an end to the dreams of a new Middle East. The subsequent bombing of Gaza by Israel has ensured that the humanitarian crisis in the region will only become worse, and the pressure to find a fix will only mount. From both sides.
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