There is a sharp disagreement regarding US-Israeli relations, after more than two months of war waged by the Israelis in the Gaza Strip. This has resulted in the killing of about 19,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom have been women and children. Observers attribute several reasons for this disagreement, including the approaching US presidential elections, as well as the White House's approval of the Egyptian vision for resolving the conflict based on a two-state solution. However, this has been rejected by the right-wing government in Tel Aviv, headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a tweet on the X platform (formerly Twitter), Netanyahu said that he greatly appreciates American support for destroying resistance factions and returning detainees and hopes to reach an agreement with the Biden government regarding the future of Gaza after the war. Netanyahu stressed that he would not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of the Oslo Accords, which recognised the authority of transitional Palestinian self-rule, saying: "Gaza will not belong to the factions."

Netanyahu's tweet came only a few hours after the US President's statements in which he criticised the Israeli government, which he described as extremist and not wanting a two-state solution. Biden said: "Israel has begun to lose international support because of the war on Gaza." The US President also called on the Israeli Prime Minister to make a change in his far-right government.

Biden added: "The Jewish people and their safety are at stake. Israel is beginning to lose the support of the international community due to the indiscriminate bombing of Gaza," which killed thousands of Palestinian civilians.

The dispute between Washington and Tel Aviv that surfaced was described by the New York Times in a report it published as "the biggest change in American discourse regarding Israel" since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation. The newspaper indicated that the division between Israel and the United States "exploded into the open," after Biden's statements.

It seems that the focus of the dispute between Washington and Tel Aviv lies in the latter's rejection of the two-state solution scenario. Egypt has long tried to re-present this path to ending the conflict regionally and internationally as a just, peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue and as perhaps the only key to stopping Palestinian bloodshed and establishing peace in the region.

What Politico says

A few days ago, the American magazine Politico quoted sources in the White House as saying that Washington has almost complete conviction in the Egyptian proposal, and the vision presented by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for managing Gaza and ending the conflict, which has entered its third month.

The magazine stated in its report that the brutality of the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu's disregard for the humanitarian crisis was becoming more severe daily. This has prompted the US to challenge its ally by developing a multi-stage plan for the future of the Gaza Strip after the war, which American officials expected to end by the end of January 2024.

The US administration placed the Palestinian National Authority's return to control of the besieged Gaza Strip as the first step in the plan. Officials have spent several weeks developing this, alongside the Cairo proposal put forward by President El-Sisi to establish a demilitarised Palestinian state.

Politico said that American officials view this proposal as the best and perhaps the only option for the region devastated by the war. But it could also put the US on a collision course with the Israeli government.

A State Department official said in statements to Politico that a large number of officials in the Biden administration believe that the solution lies in a two-state solution and the establishment of a state for Palestinians alongside Israel. However, at the present time, planning is focusing on achieving stability in Gaza.

Politico reported that Egypt is likely to play a major role in post-war Gaza, pointing to El-Sisi's proposal that a future Palestinian state must be demilitarised with a temporary international security presence. This has resonated in the Biden administration circles.

Photo> Egypt's proposal for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine to establish peace ignites a dispute between Washington and Tel Aviv