Despite his assertion that the United States and Israel are “full partners in the genocide process in the Gaza Strip,” American journalist Chris Hedges acknowledged that Washington fears the consequences of the war launched by Israel on Gaza, stressing that the American administration “does not have the ability to influence Israel and its deterrence” because of the strength of the Israeli lobby in the United States.

He said that prolonging the war in Gaza would cause regional and local harm to the United States, and it was concerned about matters in the region getting out of control, which could lead to creating a conflict with Lebanese Hezbollah or even with Iran.

He also pointed out that "blind American support for Israel in the last decade is not in the interest of the United States."

However, the American journalist admitted, however, that the United States and Israel are “participants and fully involved in perpetuating the war on Gaza,” noting that the “humanitarian aid” that is being talked about is aimed at emptying the northern region of the Gaza Strip of residents who are being transferred to the region in South.

He stressed that the Americans know what Israel wants to do, and said that their focus at the present time is on exerting influence on what Gaza will look like after the war.

Despite his talk about Washington and Tel Aviv's partnership in the war of extermination in Gaza, Hedges confirmed to Al Jazeera as part of the daily analytical pause, "Gaza...what next?" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "fully accepts that US President Joe Biden will suffer collateral damage," explaining that if Biden is influenced politically during the upcoming presidential elections, former President Donald Trump will come, which is what Netanyahu wants. He recalled that the Israelis had insulted Biden when he was Vice President, during a visit he made to occupied Jerusalem in which he called for not expanding settlements, and said that the insult was directed directly at Biden.

On the other hand, the American journalist spoke that things in Gaza are not going as he says, and the Israelis hope that they killed more than 40 journalists in the Gaza Strip, in addition to cutting off the Internet and communications to cover the massacres taking place there, stressing that the time period they specified to carry out their mission ( And regarding what the New York Times reported from current and former American officials saying that the Netanyahu government has a limited time to complete its missions in Gaza, the military and strategic expert, Fayez Al-Duwairi said that despite the Israeli incursion into some areas of the Gaza Strip, the decisive battle has not yet begun.

He said that the Israelis used all types of crime and all their capabilities, but they were unable to achieve their goals that they and the Americans announced, which were the elimination of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the absence of any future role for it in the Palestinian arena.

Al-Duwairi explained that the occupation, until this moment, has not entered the decisive battle, and that its means, capabilities, and mechanisms have not lived up to the level of achieving the military goal, which is to disarm Hamas.

He added that Hamas is "an idea and a doctrine that cannot be eliminated," and even if that happens, factions emanating from it will emerge and will be more determined to demand the realization of justice.

Source: Al Jazeera