"The relationship between Israel and its closest and most reliable ally, the United States, has started to feel like a case of unrequited love... the Biden administration keeps up its nearly unquestioning support even as Israel all but ignores American efforts to contain the violence..."
"U.S. officials insist they are working to avert a wider war. But they have little to show for the effort so far. It wasn't always so hard... successive U.S. administrations have had considerable sway over Israel and its decisions that had global effects. That ability appears to have waned in the last year..."
"The unprecedented scale and horror of the Oct. 7 attack is one reason for the shift in dynamics. Hamas-led combatants based in the Gaza Strip swept into southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people..."
"Before that, the Biden administration had kept its distance from the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of its radically racist anti-Arab, anti-democratic members..."
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