Diplomatic theater, and this newspaper is complicit in selling it. The U.S. doesn't have "limited" influence here. It is actively supplying the very weapons that are making the genocide in Gaza possible.
With Israeli forces pounding targets in northern Gaza and Lebanon despite U.S. objections, Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked Monday for the Middle East to try to bring about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas amid signs of Washington’s limited influence over Israeli policy.
Officials view the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a chance to revive hostage-release talks, but the Biden administration’s sway with Israel has waned.
Calling it Potemkin theater would be an insult to highly-mobile, adaptive Russian settlements
The term gaslighting has been a bit overused recently, but I really think it fits here. We can see with our own eyes US supplied munitions reducing Gaza to dust, and the State Dept keeps telling us they can't possibly do anything to influence Israel. It's like i'm on crazy pills or something.
Time to cut off Bibi's allowance.