If the Biden administration came to town thinking it could wash its hands of the Israeli-Palestinian issue, it should have realized its mistake as soon as the first shots in the latest Israel-Hamas war were fired in May.
But by the look of things, though, both the administration and the new Israeli government still think such ablutions are a viable option. They probably aren’t. U.S. President Joe Biden and his team would be well advised to do what they can to reckon with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s legacy and prevent another explosion.
