The Americans played Israel, and are continuing to do so by preventing an Israeli reaction to Iran’s unprecedented attack.

“No, Joe Biden. The Iranian regime’s failure to do major damage with 350 missiles is not a ‘win’—9 million Israelis spent the night being terrorized.”

While the United States is expected to veto the Palestinian Authority’s UN membership bid, the administration has signaled this may not be the case.

Six months into the war, Hamas’s fanatical goals of emerging as the ultimate victor remain in place, say Israeli observers.

“If we don’t see changes from their side, there’ll have to be changes from our side,” White House advisor John Kirby said.

“Hamas can scream these numbers all they want, but it makes them no truer than if they were to repeatedly scream the earth was flat.”

They are trotting out all the shopworn arguments that proved erroneous in the past but are now finding acceptance in the lynch-mob atmosphere.

The minister told US media that the president is “enormously mistaken” to pressure Israel over its military campaign against Hamas.

“What the hell is the point of the UN or the UN Security Council?” an Associated Press reporter asked at a US State Department briefing.