“The US is never going to ensure a permanent end to the war in Gaza. Hamas knows that and it’s correct in not trusting the US. The US has given them no reason to. Trump has been transparent about it,” Rose Kelanic, director of the Middle East programme at Defense Priorities, a Washington think-tank that argues for restraint in US foreign policy, told MEE.
“Trump has more political freedom to stand up to Netanyahu than any other US president,” Kelanic, at Defense Priorities, said.
“There is no perspective from ‘America First’ where Israeli operations benefit US national interests. Ending the genocide, frankly, needs to happen for moral reasons, but also strategic reasons,” Kelanic said.
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