Job done, stop Israel from over-overkill
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut within hours of each other on Tuesday-Wednesday, Israel has successfully conducted what it had purportedly set out to do: take out what lay at the core of the Hamas October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel that led to more than 1,000 deaths and over 250 people taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group. In the process, Tel Aviv has pushed the region further to wider conflict. Predictably, Iran has vowed vengeance. It is now the job of Israel's allies, especially the US, to ensure that Tel Aviv doesn't go for an over-overkill. Further escalation must be nipped in the bud.
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Indeed, things just got tougher for peace in the region. In rendering Hamas 'headless', Israel must now get back (read: be brought) to the table to hammer out a political solution that will ensure peace in West Asia. Tel Aviv's disregard for all counsel for peace is furthering a bigger geopolitical confrontation. The US' standing in the region has declined dramatically because of its grim-faced support for Israel under the Biden administration. It limits manoeuvring space for Arab governments and torpedoes difficult ceasefire/peace negotiations. The prolonged conflict has already stalled plans of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), and escalation won't help. Also, Israel's persistence with the military option is consolidating China's influence in the region, something that Israel surely should be wary of.
The US, understandably busy listening to its own voice in the run-up to
