The additional visit - the sixth in number since the beginning of the war - by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who will land for another round of talks in the region, indicates that the Biden administration is still trying to dictate the solution to the situation in the region.
Alongside two huge 17-C transport planes that landed yesterday at one of the Air Force bases, carrying, obviously, equipment and ammunition for Israel's continued war with Hamas - the Americans will also present and present demands to Israel.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (archive) // Credit: Roy Avraham /L.A.M.
Blinken will return and present what President Biden is trying to clarify on his part - after the abductees are returned, only recognition of the two-state principle is the only solution that will ensure peace and prosperity.
For that to happen, according to Biden, the hostage deal must go ahead.
After that, the Americans will lead the effort to end the fighting and continue the discussions in the political negotiation rooms.
Along with the military equipment they provide and their attacks in Syria and Iraq, which cause them to be drawn into fighting in the region in complete opposition to the will of the American public, the Americans are also waving the big deal - diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
The big ace in the regional deck of cards.
Everything is connected in everything.
Who will Netanyahu fear more?
Americans are stubborn and consistent, but they are also in a brutal and challenging election year, with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party showing impatience and tailing Biden.
If the Biden administration feels that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continues to say one thing in English and the opposite in Hebrew, and if they do not start discussing the "day after" issue, and especially if he feels that he has no political achievement to present in an election year - the administration may pack its bags.
"The Americans are aware of Netanyahu's internal political problems", photo: Noam Rivkin Fenton - Flash 90
The Americans are aware of Netanyahu's internal political problems and are holding talks with the senior officials of the state camp, so that they do not abandon the government and leave the cabinet in the hands of Ben Gabir and Smotrich.
They are afraid that Netanyahu will not withstand the internal political pressure and will refuse to pay the price of the abductees deal.
This brings the discourse back to the abductee deal with Hamas, which has a very heavy price for the Israeli public.
Ben Gabir and Smotrich oppose the massive release of Hamas terrorists, veto it and threaten to dissolve the government.
This may lead to elections, what's more, quite a few voices are heard calling for an agreed date for new elections.
To this we must add that there are also quite a few Knesset members in Likud who oppose the deal, the details of which are being worked out secretly in Cairo, Doha and Paris.
This explains the landing tomorrow in Israel of the newly appointed foreign minister of France, Stéphane Sjournat, for policy talks.
France, which sees itself as a partner in both the transfer of the drugs to the abductees and the issue of their release, will try to advance the deal.
"The Americans are also waving the big deal - diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia" Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (archive), photo: Reuters
The political pressures are important, the international involvement is required.
The one who will ultimately decide what is more important to him, the return of the abductees and maintaining the Israeli ethos that keeps us here together, or the 64 coalition that ensures its continued survival, is only Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Not easy days are ahead of him.
Every decision will be hard as hell.
It remains to be hoped that despite the price, Netanyahu will be more afraid of the wrath of the families of the abductees and the majority of the public that supports accepting the terms of the deal.
After all, more than 200 civilians and soldiers, women, men and babies, were kidnapped while he was serving as prime minister.
He should remember that this also comes with a price tag, and its name is warranty.
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