What a bunch of BS.
Israel’s restraint is because they are being coerced into that.
Israel’s inaction does not benefit Israel, it benefits us.
Imagine had someone post 9-11 said to the American public how smart it is to practice restraint, how this is wise, bla bla bla?
The US today already has one foot firmly planted on the Palestinian side, that’s the real issue.
— Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE are far more economically important to us than Israel and they all have some clout in DC.
— In the West today, you have a significant Arab and Muslim voting block which impacts elections.
— The Muslim/Arab perspective is well represented in the Western media.
— Any actions taken which piss off this population needs to take into consideration internal security issues, i.e. protests, riots, terrorist activity. Example: France and Spain.
— The West has grown tired of this issue.
What you’re really seeing isn’t some ingenious strategic restraint, rather the US already today having split interests and Israel being dependent on us for their existence.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE are all Sunni, who have no love for Shi’a Iran and its’ proxies in, for example, Yemen.
Maybe the behind the curtain reason has to do with a certain Valerie Jarrett?