I was one of those who concluded very early on that there is not much difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and I still believe that this is true, and although Biden talked a lot during his campaign that he would deal differently from Trump on several files including the Iran nuclear deal, the relationship with China, the Palestinian issue, and the relationship with Saudi Arabia, there is no concrete difference between his policies and those of his predecessor, at least on these topics.

Many Palestinians believed that Biden would work to reverse the decisions Trump made against the Palestinian cause, such as moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem; closing the US consulate in Jerusalem, which served as the US embassy in Palestine; suspending US contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA); and closing the PLO office in Washington in 2018, which he took as punishment for the PA's decision to refer Israeli occupation crimes to the International Criminal Court, but no practical steps have yet been taken to reverse these decisions

In fact, Biden has completed Trump's pro-occupation plans that defy UN resolutions. With his planned visit to the Middle East next month, he seeks to integrate Israel with the rest of the Arab region, and hopes to expand the Negev summit held in March to include more Arab countries besides Israel, the United States, Morocco, Egypt, the UAE and Bahrain, and make it a permanent platform.

According to American media, Biden wants to convince two new Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel under the pretext of confronting Iranian ambitions in the region. Just as Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner created the so-called "Abraham Accords" that undermine Palestinian interests and encourage Israel to defy international law, Biden is working to create the second Abraham Accords, this time with a Democrat and not with an evangelical flavor.

The last thing Washington needs now is another war, especially since the situation in Ukraine is still open to all options. Instead, Biden's move in the region is not aimed at starting a war against Iran, but will seek to establish Israel as the leader and protector of the region on Washington's mandate, under the pretext of standing against Tehran, which has supposedly been working for the past three decades to develop a nuclear weapon.

Moreover, Biden is serving the interests of Israel's foreign minister and future prime minister, Yair Lapid, hoping to boost his popularity by adding some achievements to his record, to counter Netanyahu, as Lapid is so popular among Americans that Time magazine ranked him among the 100 most influential people in the world.

Washington is tired of Netanyahu's arrogance and his attempts to interfere in American politics, so it is ready to support anyone else, even if temporarily, and just as it teared up Naftali Bennett, the most extreme of the current Israeli leaders, Lapid would be the perfect choice, with his slippery words and smiling face.

It was the policy that pushed Netanyahu aside and replaced him with far-right religious Zionists that led to the collapse of Bennett's coalition government. With another general election looming, will the elections deliver an Israeli prime minister acceptable to American tastes? If so, will they last? Israeli laws tend to get shorter with each election, so will the American strategy help Lapid stay in office?

Every politician in Israel today believes that he or she has the right to rule, and everyone is eager to do whatever is necessary to that end. Unlike Israel's founding generation who were persecuted in the countries they came from, allowing them to overcome their differences to build a safe haven, the current generation was largely born into an Israel that continues to act as if it is above international law and beyond reproach.

Ironically, while Biden is trying to strengthen Netanyahu's opponents, he is widely ridiculed at home for his mental and physical issues, which could jeopardize his political future, and in the very likely event that Trump wins the next US presidential election, Netanyahu could also make a comeback, as he still holds the largest number of seats held by a single party in Israel's parliament, the Knesset.

While America has been busy saving Israel from itself, it has become highly polarized and divided, just like its Israeli counterparts. Many American politicians and thinkers predict a dark future for North America if this continues, and Biden himself symbolizes the decline of the United States as a superpower, and while he appears to be strong and wise, his mind and body seem to be failing him.

As retired general and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak put it: Israel should not fear Iran, it should fear its own internal political differences, and after all, who needs enemies with these leaders and friends?