Despite Gaza devastation, Hamas may have gained politically from war, says Shibley Telhami

Dr. Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, Director of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains what to expect, and not expect, from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to the region this week; why another eruption of political violence is likely, unless Israeli occupation policies are addressed; what’s next for US-Egypt relations; the limits of the Abraham Accords in helping facilitate an Israeli-Palestinian peace process; shifting opinions among Democrats on the US-Israel relationship; how support for Palestinians may be linked in part to social justice movements, such as Black Lives Matter; and how the US-Israel relationship keeps the US engaged in the region.

Links:

-Israeli-Palestinian conflict forces Biden to put Mideast on agenda (al-monitor)

-Biden's bungled response on Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Boston Globe)

-Changing American Public Attitudes On Israel/Palestine: Does It Matter For Politics? (pomeps.org)