US Involvement in Gaza Is Not a Threat — It’s a Strategic Opportunity

Then-IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi meets with then-US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie at CENTCOM headquarters on June 22, 2021. Photo: CENTCOM Public Affairs / Tom Gagnier

In recent weeks, voices in Israel have argued that the country has “lost control” over the situation in Gaza and ceded it to the United States.

While there is a grain of truth to the claim — insofar as the US has indeed become a central actor in Gaza’s operational, humanitarian...