According to the former journalist of the world Yves Mamou who launched his own information site on the Middle East by claiming an unwavering attachment to the existence of Israel, the Israelis must cease to behave in “proxy” than a more powerful threatening to let go at any time.
Yves Mamou
On May 4, a hypersonic missile from Yemen by the Houthis, a militia funded and armed by Iran, was not intercepted and dug a crater near Ben Gurion, the main Aviv airport. On May 5, Israel retaliated and destroyed Sanaa airport in Yemen. On May 6, Donald Trump announced that after 50 days of bombing, a truce agreement had been concluded between the United States and the Houthis alone: the latter will stop attacking American ships in the Red Sea and, in exchange, the United States will stop bombing the Houthis. On the same day, the Houthi political bureau mentioned that the ceasefire will not apply to Israel and that missile shipments on Tel Aviv will continue.
Why did Donald Trump not include Israel in the truce? To express his dissatisfaction with his ally who does not quickly solve the hostage problem, explains the Jerusalem Post. The enemies of Israel will have understood that there are disputes between Netanyahu and Trump and that these disputes can and must be dug more.
Michael Oren, Israeli historian and ex-diplomat, says the Israelis can only and should only count on themselves. Whenever they put their safety in the hands of a third party, “the results were disastrous,” writes Oren. And to quote the UN peacekeeping forces in Sinai and Gaza which “were driven overnight by Egypt in 1967”. During the first Gulf War in 1991, Tsahal went back to the American patriot missiles which missed the SCUD missiles pulled by Saddam Hussein Iraq. Michael Oren also recalls that in 2006, Israel accepted the implementation of an international force in Lebanon, “Finul – which not only has not preserved our security, but helped the enemy to compromise it”.
The beginnings are there. The endless Gaza War has shown that the United States is not the unshakable ally of Israel and that one day perhaps, they could even turn against him.
· The Gaza War: Back to image.
– Biden administration, a certain ambivalence
When Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, a democratic administration was in command in Washington (DC). Joe Biden, President of the United States, dispatched two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean and sent a very firm “don’t” to Iran and Hezbollah. Twice, on October 9 and October 11, 2023, Joe Biden said to Iran and Hezbollah that he would put himself alongside Israel if they came to the idea of militarily supporting Hamas.
But simultaneously, the United States has multiplied the harassment towards Israel. They multiplied “humanitarian” interference in order to obtain a cease-fire: Israel had to “protect the civilian populations of Gaza”, then reduce the number of civilian victims in Gaza, then feed the civilian populations of Gaza, then organize “humanitarian breaks” sometimes to release hostages, sometimes to lighten the burden of civilian populations of Gaza.
On May 8, 2024, when Tsahal wanted to take control of Rafah, President Biden refused to deliver a cargo of 1,800 bombs of 2,000 pounds (around 907 kg) and 1,700 bombs of 500 pounds. It was a question of “protecting civilians”.
In November 2024, the administration of President Joe Biden suspended the delivery of 134 Bulldozers armored to Israel. Movers who are used to protect the life of soldiers when Tsahal undertakes to demolish terrorist shelters in Rafah.
– Trump administration, a certain ambivalence
The election of Donald Trump did not radically modify the Israeli situation: a different ambivalence has been set up. On January 11, 2025, Steve Witkoff, special envoy of President Donald Trump for the Middle East, arose in the life of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He told him in a commissary way that Donald Trump demanded a cease-fire in Gaza before the presidential inauguration of January 20, 2025.
Simultaneously, Donald Trump put an end to the embargo by Biden on certain weapons.
Innovative ideas have also arisen. On February 4, President Trump proposed that the United States took control of the Gaza Strip, with the intention of transforming it into a “Middle East Riviera”. This plan involved the displacement of the Palestinian population to neighboring countries and the complete reconstruction of the territory.
Never heard.
However, the Trump ambivalence has not stopped. At the end of April 2025, several sources (Reuters, i24News, L’Orient Le Jour, Le Figaro…) Said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not know everything about the secret nuclear negotiations that the United States had undertaken to lead with Iran. Not only was the Israeli Prime Minister not informed, but he discovered them in Washington when he had come to seek a green light for an attack on Iranian nuclear installations.
May 6, another surprise: Trump negotiated a truce with the Houthis … for the United States only.
What is Israel lessons should we draw from their relations with these two American administrations?
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One day when the interests of the United States and Israel will be completely divergent. Israel must prepare for it. If American universities continue to produce the Woke Propalestinian Woke in the shovel, governments and American parties will follow their voters. And the Democrats (this is already the case) and the Republicans will become the hottest supporters of a Palestinian State. It doesn’t matter if Hamas is in charge.
That Israel must set up an armament industry which puts it out of supply breaks. The armaments dependence and the armament blackmail of Joe Biden lengthened the war and cost the life of Israeli soldiers. What will happen if the manufacturers of American fighter aircraft refuse to deliver spare parts?
That Israel must take the risk of strategic decisions that thwart the United States. If Israel thinks that its security depends on the destruction of the Iranian nuclear system, then it must act accordingly. Based on American presidents who do not understand the nature of this Islamism which intends to scratch 10 million Israelis from the Earth’s surface is not acceptable. Israel must understand that democracies are structural, are cowardly before totalitarianism.
That Israel must stop behaving in “proxy”. What is a “proxy”? Not an ally that we consult, but a pawn than a more powerful weapon and finance to act in its place. Much like Hezbollah or Houthis are the proxys of Iran, Israel has become the “proxy” of the United States. Western “allies” of Israel must integrate that Israel has a share of unpredictability. And that, to parry, it is better, before acting, consult it and take its opinion into consideration.
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