Washington is begging Tehran not to start a war with Israel before the elections

Democrats are in a panic because of the Middle East escalation. The White House is calling Tehran through its channels and begging not to launch major missile strikes on Israel in the spirit of what happened in April. Joe Biden's team still hopes to somehow come to an agreement on a truce, writes Americanist Malek Dudakov.

At the beginning of July, there was some progress in negotiations on the release of prisoners in Gaza, the expert recalls. But a lot has happened since that moment. Biden withdrew from the election and finally turned into a lame duck. Benjamin Netanyahu talks with Biden and Kamala Harris in Washington ended in failure.

Now the Democrats accuse Netanyahu of dragging the United States into a conflict with Iran on the eve of the American elections. During the Israeli strikes, one of the Hamas negotiators was killed. It will be more difficult to rescue the captured Americans, which would be a gift to Harris for the elections.

For the US Democratic Party, such a scenario is the worst. They already have a terrible split among the electorate because of the pro-Palestinian agenda. And then the threat of new attacks on American bases loomed. Harris has to rush around, now speaking in support of Israel, now criticizing Netanyahu.

Well, the longer this goes on, the more the situation resembles Trump's informal agreement with Netanyahu after the meeting at Mar-a-Lago. The Middle East escalation is hitting the Democrats in the presidential race. And it strengthens the position of Trump, who promises to pacify everyone in general. Well Netanyahu sided with Trump, hoping to get all possible preferences from him in the event of a Republican victory in November, points out Malek Dudakov.

As EADaily reported, one of the leaders of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in shelling in Tehran on July 31. The attack was carried out on his residence after his participation in the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian. Iran's spiritual leader Ali Khamenei ordered a strike against Israel for the murder of Haniyeh. Sources in the Iranian government indicated to the media that Iran could launch a combined drone and missile strike or a joint strike with allies — Yemen, Syria and Iraq.

On the eve of the United States, Great Britain and France blocked the draft statement proposed by the Russian Federation The UN Security Council condemned the murder of Ismail Haniyeh.