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\nBiden\u2019s \u2018ironclad\u2019 backing of Israel is coming into conflict with the US\u2019s stated goal of averting regional war, analysts say
\nWashington, DC
\nUnited States President Joe Biden had a brief but stern warning for Iran as it promised to retaliate against Israel for a deadly air raid on its consulate in Damascus: \u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d
\nBut analysts say that Iran likely will launch its own attack, raising fears of a regional war and showing the limits of US deterrence efforts in the Middle East.
\nThe brinkmanship and resulting tensions have put further strain on Washington\u2019s foreign policy. Already, the US is caught between two seemingly conflicting priorities: offering unconditional support for Israel and preventing the conflict in Gaza from expanding.
\n\u201cBiden is doubling down on a formula that so far has been absolutely disastrous,\u201d said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Quincy Institute, a think tank that promotes diplomacy.
\nParsi said Biden should have rebuked Israel for attacking the Iranian embassy on April 1, violating international law and endangering US troops in the region.
\nBut, he explained, the Biden administration is rewarding the Israeli government by promising to support it instead.
\nThe US \u2014 unlike some of its Arab and Western allies \u2014 has not condemned the Israeli strike on the Iranian diplomatic facility in Syria, which killed seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including two generals.
\nThe White House, however, was quick to distance itself from the strike, stressing that the US was not involved in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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