Biden's First Summit with Putin of Russia - Biden Era

Guardian - Live Blog: Report in its 9.30pm post the following, " The White House and the Kremlin are finalizing plans to hold a summit next month in Geneva, Switzerland, according to the AP. If the summit comes together, it will mark Biden’s first in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin since taking office in January.  "

Lets Get Real:

If the Summit happens the leaders will have some heavy issues on their plate, lets start with the Russian threat to invade Ukraine, and how the Russians are helping the East Ukraine rebels with arms an men.   Then we come to the issue of Russian attempts to help President Trump in 2016 and 2020.   As of today there is the problem of Belarus, a close follower of Putin, the Belarus President has highjacked a EU Plane and then kidnapped two of the passengers, one a anti Government blogger of Belarus and his girlfriend, the US should make it CLEAR to Putin if he wants a better relationship or any relationship he must get Belarus to release the blogger at once.   Let's recall that Biden has called Putin a killer, one hopes that Putin does not eat Biden alive, one hopes the staff will be in the room for their talks.  The next few years could be very frosty. 

If the Israeli - Gaza Ceasefire FAILS - Middle East

Sky News: Reports " Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu threatens 'new level of force' if Hamas launches attack, as ceasefire appears to hold..Airstrikes and rocket attacks have ended after a bout of violence that killed at least 230 people in Gaza and 12 in Israel. "

Lets Get Real:

Both sides are claiming a PR win, both sides might also want to ease up, as state Hamas might need to re- supply it rockets from Iran, while the Israeli intelligence MOSSAD, will seek to see how much Hamas was HURT by the air strikes by Israel.  It will be in the interest of of Egypt and the US who bought the sides together for a ceasefire to seek to place pressure on both sides to let it be for a while.  Of course was can not future, a incident might get out of control and we will be back  here again.  There is NO Solution that works and protects Israel, it is as simple as that, the West elite cannot get heir head around that, one can postulate that there will never be a Palestinian State, that is just FACT OF LIFE. 

Israel and Gaza Update - Middle East

BBC News: Reports " A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect.  "

Lets Get Real:

Thus this violent cycle has come to an end, for the time being, it depends how long it lasts, it could last weeks or months, one never knows with the Middle East, POTUS will not want to be seen as forcing Israel to accept a two state solution, well not before the MID TERMS.  Thus the US will hope that the EGYPTION ceasefire lasts, it depends if the the Israeli Government carries one with its plan to evict Arabs from its Capital.   The Hamas terror group, we seek to re-supply its stock of rockets, that is where Iran comes in, the Biden Administration wants to get the Obama Iran peace deal back on track, thus it will face Iran who supporting terrorist groups that are a THREAT to Israel.   One thing is for sure, there will be another incident, another bout of rockets and Israel reacting, that is the name of the game. 

Biden and the MIDDLE EAST - Biden Era

The WHITE House:  A readout of a telephone conversation between President Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu, " President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today. The two leaders had a detailed discussion on the state of events in Gaza, Israel’s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing diplomatic efforts by regional governments and the United States. The President conveyed to the Prime Minister that he expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a ceasefire."

Lets Get Real:

The Biden OVAL is getting pressure from the LIBERAL LEFT of the Democratic Party, the left is very much pro Palestinian at the expense of Israel.   The Oval understand if it loses the House or the Senate next year, the Biden Presidency is OVER, really over.  Thus this blog expects that Biden was very firm with the Israeli PM, but the PM has answered him back, you either destroy the enemy or you weaken them, thus they back off for some time.  Also the Republicans in the US Congress on the whole supports Israel, thus the left do not have the numbers to make much of an impression.  Of course they could run a LEFT candidate as a spoiler in 2024, US politics never ends, just goes in to another cycle.

The LIBERAL LEFT and Israel - Israel - Gaza Update

BBC News: Reports in its 8.05pm post the following, " Democratic lawmakers in the US have launched a last-minute push to block the sale of weapons to Israel as they call for a ceasefire in Gaza....But the resolution is expected to fail, because Democratic leaders in the legislative chamber have expressed support for the sale.  "

Lets Get Real:

This is the dangerous LIBERAL LEFT of the Democrats, they tend to come from very LIBERAL States and thus are not under threat to losing their Seat in Congress.   The Democratic Leadership from Biden in the Oval and Speaker Pelosi know that they can not afford to lose any more SEATS in the 2022 Mid Terms, thus they are supporting ISRAEL, Israel has stated, that either your destroy the enemy or make them hurt so much that they request a ceasefire, the White House will not allow the US Congress to block arms sale to Israel, also the Biden Administration does not want it to look like the OVAL is taking the side of Hamas of the democratic Israel.  The Israel - Gaza fight has  a few more days to go.

The OVAL OFFICE and Israel - Latest on the Israel and Gaza

Guardian - Live Blog: Reports the following in its 23.03pm post, " What to make of Joe Biden’s “support for a ceasefire” in a call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu?My colleague Julian Borger describes the readout of the call as a “mildly worded statement, supporting but not demanding a ceasefire”. The statement also did not suggest that the ceasefire should begin immediately, Julian notes.  "

Lets Get Real:

Four words = Mid Terms in 2022

The Biden Oval will not want to lose CONTROL of either the House and the Senate, if that happens then the Biden Presidency is OVER and his chances of re-election go down the drain.  The American political cycle NEVER ENDS, when an election cycle ends, the interest in the next starts, thus POTUS will want to be seen as a friend of Israel, the Israeli Lobby is very powerful in US politics.  POTUS does not want to be seen as supporting the Palestinians over Israel.  Thus do not expect Biden to pull the plug on Israel, that is not going to happen, he is not that brave, Reagan once did use that as a THREAT, but he was a GREAT PRESIDENT, that is not Biden.

Israel and Gaza - Update - The NEVER ENDING WAR!

Sky News: Reports " Israel-Gaza conflict: Islamic Jihad leader killed and militant tunnels destroyed in airstrikes, Israeli military says...Gaza residents describe the barrage as the heaviest since the conflict escalated a week ago, with hundreds killed and injured.  "

Lets Get Real:

The Elite Press in the UK is starting to take sides, the tone has been critical of Israel, this comes from the BBC News and Sky News, the main 24 news channels.  The lack of deaths in Israel is due to the FACT that Israel has the IRON DOME, it can take out most of the rockets launched in Gaza by Hamas.  The Biden Administration is QUIET due to Florida, a lot of older Jews have moved to Florida for the climate and they vote, next year in the 2022 Mid Terms, so POTUS wants to give the impression that he is supporting Israel, as Sky News reported the US has blocked a statement from the UN on the issue.   What POTUS is saying in private is another matter, he is coming under pressure from the extreme LEFT in the Democratic Party who are critical of Israel and in many instances support the Palestinians over ISRAEL.   This cycle of violence has  FEW DAYS TO GO, Israel has to defend its people and limit HAMAS in Gaza and get the towns in Israel who are shared both Jews Israelis and Arab Israelis to go back to being quiet.  Also to keep the West Bank quiet.