The first thing was to turn your back on Netanyahu, the next thing will be to cut off arms shipments to Israel?

Hamas began a war against Israel on October 7 with a massacre that left more than 1,200 dead and another 257 kidnapped. Israel’s response was immediate and brutal. Netanyahu He promised total victory, which would be the annihilation of Hamas, and the result is visible to the world: Gaza is an accumulation of rubble and dead, and whoever should be seen as a victim ends up being seen by half the world as a villain.

Netanyahu has been losing allies over the months. First it was some Europeans who raised their voices. Then those who lowered their defenses joined in. The enormous internal and external pressure put us in a compromised position during these six months. Biden. How to position yourself as president of the United States in this war? How to remain loyal to the current Israeli Government without losing the support of thousands or millions of voters months before the elections against Trump?

Many have forgotten what Biden said on his first trip to Israel after the Hamas attack. It was very important. “I understand your anger,” he told a traumatized crowd. “But don’t let it consume you.” It was of little use. Netanyahu carried out his idea. And, six months later, the United States appears to be losing patience. With his country abstaining, Biden allowed a UN Security Council resolution to move forward for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the immediate release of all Hamas hostages.

It is an extraordinary change in the United States’ position, no matter how much the Biden Administration tries to publicly downplay the implications. This action sends a very clear message and is in line, for example, with the latest statements by the Democratic leader of the Senate, Chuck Summerwho singled out Netanyahu as “an obstacle to peace.”

So it’s natural for us all to wonder what’s next. And especially if all this has any effect on Netanyahu. Because at this moment we do not know whether it will comply with the binding resolution of the UN Security Council. But we know his first reaction: to interrupt a scheduled meeting between representatives of the American and Israeli governments to discuss the next steps in the war.

Biden taught Netanyahu the limits of their friendship. But Netanyahu has shown them before. And there are those who are malicious, as the philosopher told us Susan Neiman in an interview, that the Israeli prime minister is campaigning strongly in favor of Trump.

Now the situation is likely to worsen between Washington and Tel Aviv. And with all this tension, we leave some questions unresolved. There goes one of them. If Netanyahu decides to ignore this resolution, as many suspect, how will Biden react? Will he hold out or cut off, as so many voters ask him, the supply of weapons to Netanyahu?