First went US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, followed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. US President Biden is on his way to Israel, and they are not coming for no reason. Blinken does not enjoy interrupting a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister to take shelter, because Hamas fired a rocket salvo. Americans come to Israel; Because they know that Netanyahu is unqualified and floundering, and they also know that there must be a responsible person, and that no one can be trusted to discuss what will happen in this confrontation with Gaza, as the Israeli newspaper Maariv says.

According to reports, Blinken participated in Israeli war cabinet discussions, and Biden receives regular reports on this situation. This reminds us of the air train of American officials that headed to Israel more than ten years ago, when they feared that Netanyahu would attack Iran. Their fear at the time was unjustified, as Netanyahu did not have the courage to attack Iran, as the Israeli newspaper says. Now, the circumstances are different. It is not that Netanyahu suddenly became brave, that did not happen, but that he simply lost the ability to manage events after the sudden Hamas attack, and therefore the Americans are taking responsibility. Because Netanyahu doesn't.

“Netanyahu has never taken responsibility for anything.”

Maariv says Shin Bet director Ronan Bar admitted responsibility for his agency's failure to warn of the Hamas attack in a letter to his subordinates. The Chief of Staff, Major General Herzi Halevy, acknowledged a few days ago that the intelligence department in the Israeli army, which is under his authority, had failed in its mission.

But only one person is not responsible. What is his responsibility? Netanyahu has never taken responsibility for anything. Not in the Meron disaster, not in the Mount Carmel forest fire, not in Iran's approaching transformation into a nuclear state, nor in the disastrous release of more than a thousand Palestinians in the Shalit deal. He will always find someone else to hold accountable. This is the world champion in long distance responsibility. At the time of receiving medals, honors, or coupons, you find him at the head of the class. But when you look for someone to bear responsibility for failures, he disappears and cannot be found.

And this man's wife, in closed conversations, blames everyone. She says that the Chief of Staff, the head of the Mossad, and the head of the Shin Bet are responsible for the failure. Her husband only did what they told him to do. It's not him who's responsible, it's them. Netanyahu's toxic propaganda machine publishes, in exchange for a fee, leaflets attacking the head of the Mossad. His outdated and ridiculous tactics in the media constantly undermine the position of military leaders and the intelligence system. And his corrupt comrades attack the few men who have taken responsibility for their actions.

The newspaper that launched an attack on Netanyahu says that it is necessary to remember that this man never established a government investigation committee. He is the prime minister who has been in office longer than anyone else, but he never thought about forming any investigative committees. Not even after the deadliest civilian disaster in history at Mount Meron. Nothing to investigate. Everything is clear: Netanyahu is not responsible, and anything else does not matter.

“Netanyahu will not succeed this time in escaping responsibility.”

The newspaper adds: What is amazing is that he thinks this will work this time as well. That he will be able to close his eyes again, that he will find a scapegoat to hold him responsible, and that he will somehow escape his greatest enemy: responsibility. But he is wrong. We will not leave him until he admits the obvious: that he is most responsible.

He is the head of state, the prime minister. He did not hold this position half a year before the disaster, but has been striving for it and clinging to it for more than 15 years. In all these years, he personally formulated the most prominent strategy for his administration: concessions to Hamas. He admitted it, his comrades admitted it, and he said it, wrote it, and called it: We must strengthen Hamas and weaken the Palestinian Authority in order to justify the settlements. In this way, which relies on the principle of divide and rule, he legitimizes this status quo and stagnation, while doing nothing but enjoying his time.

This strategy was not devised by the chief of staff, the head of the Shin Bet, or any other military entity. The Israeli army and defense establishment receive directives from the political authority and put them into practice. When the Israeli army's presentation was leaked, in the midst of Operation Protective Edge, in which it said that the occupation of Gaza would lead to the death of hundreds of people, he wanted to hide behind it to explain to the public why he fled again, avoided taking any action, and once again broke his electoral promise that he had made. 2009.

But the rescue mission has ended this time, Mr. Netanyahu. All your life you have been evading responsibility. In the end, I caught up with you. It is unfortunate that the price we pay for this pursuit is very high, Maariv says.

Blinken's trip to the Middle East was chaotic

In this context, the American newspaper The New York Times said, on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, that the trip undertaken by US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, to the Middle East extended from two to six days, during which he stopped at 10 stops until the morning of Tuesday, October 17. October 2023, which indicates the size and complexity of the diplomatic crisis facing the American Secretary, with the escalation of the war between Israel and the Palestinian resistance factions.

While speaking to reporters in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, last Sunday, Blinken said: “I think I forgot how many countries my plane landed in.” But he quickly mentioned the correct number of countries he had visited since leaving Washington on the afternoon of Wednesday, October 11, 2023, which are: Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, and the Emirates, in addition to two visits to Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

This trip conducted by Blinken, which the newspaper described as “chaotic,” began a few days after the Hamas attack, as Blinken advanced the date of his visit to the region that was planned for the following week, and the State Department announced that he would leave to visit Israel and Jordan on October 11. , before returning on Friday, October 13th.

However, with the escalation of the war between Israel and the resistance factions, this plan was quickly canceled, after State Department officials expanded the itinerary of Blinken’s trip to include several other major capitals, in coordination with the White House.

The American newspaper indicates that Blinken has not yet succeeded in achieving one of his goals, which is to secure passage for American citizens from Gaza to Egypt through a border crossing, as hundreds remained stranded at the closed crossing until Monday, October 16, 2023.

But Blinken spared no effort despite his failure so far. After his arrival in the region, on Thursday, October 12, 2023, Blinken and his aides set their trip schedule for the next day, and settled on visiting four countries: Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia.

Blinken intensified his meetings by traveling on a quick day trip from Riyadh to the Emirates on Saturday, October 14, 2023, then returned to the Saudi capital again, and prepared on Saturday evening to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

According to the American newspaper, the reporters traveling with Blinken were asked to prepare for the minister’s convoy to leave the residence hotel at any moment in order to go to meet the Crown Prince, but the wait continued for hours from midnight until two in the morning, and then four in the morning after that.

In the end, the prince agreed to meet Blinken after 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning inside his private residence on his farm, which meant denying entry to journalists who had stayed up almost all night.

Officials said it was common for the crown prince to keep his most important visitors waiting. However, the incident was rare and likely frustrating for the sleep-deprived Blinken, who is accustomed to foreign officials accommodating him.