The last-minute Gaza deal is widely seen as more a result of Trump's warnings
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden 's national security adviser Jake Sullivan described the Middle East in late September 2023 as "quieter" than it had been in two decades.Just eight days later, Hamas launched a deadly surprise attack from Gaza into Israel, triggering a war that devastated the Palestinian enclave and spread turmoil across the region – a cascade of crises that has cast a cloud over Biden's foreign policy legacy as he prepares to leave office on Jan. 20.
Biden's allies contend that he has had to confront a set of Middle East challenges not of his making and has handled them skillfully, weakening Iran and its regional proxies while working to limit civilian casualties in Gaza and Lebanon. But the last-minute diplomatic breakthrough in Doha was widely seen by regional players as more a result of Trump's warnings that there would be "hell to pay" if the hostages were not released by the time of his inauguration on Monday, a threat likened by a Middle East source close to the Gaza talks to a "sword" hanging over the negotiators.
Though Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday laid out a proposal for post-war Gaza, it will be up to the Trump administration to ensure full implementation of the ceasefire plan and decide how much of a role to play in the "Day After.
It was Trump's decision to abandon the international nuclear deal with Iran in 2018 that critics say opened the way to its nuclear moves, and Blinken on Tuesday counted it as one of Biden's successes that Tehran has been deterred from obtaining a nuclear bomb. While acknowledging the Middle East remains "rife with risk," Blinken, in his final policy speech, cited accomplishments he said included helping the UN broker a ceasefire in Yemen's civil war, strengthening the international coalition against Islamic State and deepening regional integration.Sullivan was widely mocked by Biden's critics after the Oct.
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