As we both suggested Hari, Biden is now telling Israel to stand down: https://www.axios.com/2024/04/14/biden-netanyahu-iran-israel-us-wont-support
Biden told Netanyahu the joint defensive efforts by Israel, the U.S. and other countries in the region led to the failure of the Iranian attack, according to the White House official. - "You got a win. Take the win," Biden told Netanyahu, according to the official. - The official said that when Biden told Netanyahu that the U.S. will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran and will not support such operations, Netanyahu said he understood. Re Haifa, its all out in the open. India is now stiffly competing with China for Haifa: In September 2021, the Shanghai International Port Group opened an automated container terminal in Haifa, Israel's main port, with an annual handling capacity of one million ships. This investment of around one billion euros guaranteed China the operation of this terminal for 25 years. The two dynamics of the Abraham Accords and the Silk Road seemed to be converging. The normalization of Israeli-Arab relations, launched in September 2020 by the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, seemed destined to extend to Saudi Arabia, for which Haifa is the natural outlet for trade with the Mediterranean. Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (the "Modern Silk Road,") launched in 2013, relies in the Middle East on massive investments in ports in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Egypt, and the installation in Israel secured the Western element. However, India has now overtaken China in this strategic tug of war for Israel's largest port *https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/04/17/india-leapfrogs-china-in-israel-s-biggest-port_6023148_4.html* On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 1:02 AM hari kumar via groups.io <hari6.kumar= [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Michael: > Many thanks for your views that you just put. Makes sense to me. > > Very helpful notes re China's trade with Haifa - I had not been aware of > that. > Do you have any references please? No worries if not, I will find it. > Be well, Hari > > PS: CanadianBr.C 1100 am news says right now: > (i) 'Israel' hails its own 'victory'. > (ii) Iranian revolutionary guard claims 'success' and crowds on Iranian > streets 'hailing the strike-back'. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29898): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29898 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105515975/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
