as i've pointed out repeatedly, the fundamental problem is that biden thinks he's solving the larger israel-palestine issue (ala camp david more so than oslo) rather than dealing with the particular problem in front of us, which is destroying hamas. he had a predefined plan in place when he took over office and has resisted the need to change it to reflect shifts in facts and reality. as a result, he's creating problems, not solutions.

he has consequently defined "success" as getting a peace treaty, which might have been fine even two years ago, but makes no sense after october 7th, which changed everything and which he's not reacting to.

the goal of the white house should be destroying hamas, not getting a peace deal between israel and gaza, and trying to aggressively enforce a pre-oct 7 reality on a government dealing with a foundational shift in reality should be and largely is being seen as disgusting.

this is some evidence that he's maybe accepting the new reality. but the best thing that the united states can do is speed this up by helping israel get to the finish line, and stop slowing it down by aggressively seeking this illusory peace deal.

what biden wants as an outcome - a solution to the broader conflct - is not going to happen before january but will require the elimination of hamas as a prerequisite.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-biden-doesnt-want-to-reward-hamas-with-more-concessions-after-hostage-executions/