Summary
Author of Chapter 26 of From the River to the Sea, “Three new realities for American Power after 7 October” (12 December 2023), closing Part 3 of the collection (From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, lines 2017-2083).
Details
- 7 October was not a turning point but a great intensification of currents under the surface: disenchantment with US Israel policy, the strategic quandary revealed by the Palestinian strike, and Israel’s growing liability for the US (lines 2021-2027).
- A full two-thirds (67 percent) of Americans aged 18-34 “disapprove of the military action Israel has taken in Gaza”, according to Gallup (line 2033).
- The US’s $3.8 billion annual package for Israel is a bad return: 7 October proves the money was not enough to keep Hamas fighters from carrying out one of the deadliest attacks in Israel’s history (lines 2065-2069).
- He quotes the CSIS analysis “Israel Could Lose” (Jon B. Alterman, 7 November 2023): the likely path is estrangement of Israel from its international partners and the destruction of the bipartisan support it has enjoyed in the US since the early 1970s (lines 2071-2073).
Related pages
From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, Rules-based international order, John Mearsheimer, Abraham Accords