Biden’s trip to the Middle East to isolate China and Russia was not responded. US media： He took the situation in the Middle East in a more dangerous direction.

　　[Special correspondent of Global Times in Egypt Huang Peizhao, Special correspondent of Global Times Ren Zhong] US President Biden ended his four-day "First Show in the Middle East" on July 16. He visited Israel, Palestine and Saudi Arabia successively, and hosted the "Security and Development" summit of regional countries in Jeddah on the Red Sea coast. But the media’s evaluation of Biden’s trip to the Middle East is as bad as the forecast. Reuters said that Biden almost left the Middle East "empty-handed", except that a fist fight with Saudi Crown Prince mohamed ben salman showed the difficult repair of the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. NBC said on the 17th that Biden failed to obtain specific commitments from Saudi Arabia to increase oil production to ease inflation and made no progress in easing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. When he returned to Washington, he "had nothing to show to the domestic people". At the summit in Jeddah, Biden earnestly assured the leaders of the Middle East that the United States would not "leave" the region and "leave a vacuum filled by China, Russia or Iran". While the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has widened the rift between the United States and the oil-producing countries in the Middle East, Washington’s attempt to pull a "new group" in the Middle East has been vigilant and evaded by these countries. The New Yorker magazine said that Biden’s trip to the Middle East "Draw a new front ",he took the American policy and the situation in the Middle East to a" more dangerous direction ".

　　On July 15th, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia met with US President Biden. Tuyuan IC photo

　　Biden had just left when the Palestinians and Israelis started fighting again.

　　"Biden’s trip to the Middle East ended hastily, which seems to be anticlimactic, and the results achieved are very limited." Qatar Al Jazeera commented on the 16th. During his visit to Palestine, Biden promised that the United States would work hard to realize the "two-state solution", but did not give specific details. Elgindi, an expert at the Middle East Institute in Washington, commented that Biden failed to mention the necessity of "ending the occupation" like Obama, Bush and Clinton. "If Biden even ‘ Occupy ’ This word can’t be said. Who can imagine that this government can reach a two-state solution? " According to the US "Politics" website, Biden didn’t even announce the reopening of the US Consulate in Jerusalem (which was closed by Trump in 2019), "which led to the frustration of the Abbas camp". Just a few hours after Biden’s visit to the Palestinian-Israeli region, the Israel Defense Forces shared videos of rockets fired from Gaza to Israel. Later on 16th, the Israeli Air Force launched air strikes to retaliate against targets in the Gaza.

　　The opening of direct flights between Israel and Saudi Arabia is considered as one of the few achievements of Biden’s visit. The Saudi Civil Aviation Authority announced on the 16th that it will open its airspace to all airlines, paving the way for more overflights to and from Israel. Israeli caretaker Prime Minister Lapid called the move "the first step in normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia". However, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal said: "Before reaching a two-state solution with Palestine, Saudi Arabia will not normalize relations with this Jewish state." The Israel Times said that this contradicted Biden’s statement. Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, also told reporters that Saudi Arabia’s opening of the skies was not motivated by the desire to normalize relations with Israel, but was driven by the country’s ambition to become a global center for innovation and major sports events.

　　Saudi Arabia only promised to "add 1 million barrels"

　　According to CNN, Biden’s visit to the Middle East is to seek to solve one of the highest political problems in China — — High oil prices, but this visit did not immediately announce an increase in oil production.

　　Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia did not lead to Saudi Arabia’s commitment to increase production, but US officials said they believed that Saudi Arabia would lead the OPEC+alliance to reach an agreement to increase production slowly. The Wall Street Journal reported on the 16th that Biden said during his visit that he was "doing his best" to increase the oil supply to the United States, and "it is expected that this will happen". The Saudis "have the same sense of urgency" and expect to see further measures "in the coming weeks". According to a report by DPA on the 16th, the Saudi Crown Prince promised to increase the daily output potential of crude oil from 12 million barrels to 13 million barrels. But the crown prince also pointed out that there is no additional capacity to increase crude oil production to a higher level.

　　Reuters commented that Biden left the region empty-handed and only hoped that OPEC+would increase production at its meeting on August 3. Bloomberg News said on the 17th that this means that the rise in oil prices will not be adjusted until early autumn, and any decline in US gasoline prices will affect the mid-term elections in November. However, it is not clear whether the Gulf countries will increase production.

　　"Deutsche Welle" said on the 17th that Biden may have readjusted his relationship with power brokers in the Middle East, but this will not help the Democratic Party’s mid-term election prospects in the United States. For Americans who are struggling with soaring prices, the political situation in the Middle East is "too far from home". Many people believe that the president should pay more attention to gasoline prices than to maintain the diplomatic cost of the United States in the global power game.

　　"Develop positive relations with China and the United States at the same time"

　　During this trip to the Middle East, Biden’s seemingly intimate interactive photos with the Saudi Crown Prince received the most attention. CNN17 said on the 17th that Biden was severely criticized, including Democrats, for punching in the first face-to-face communication between Jeddah and the Saudi Crown Prince. The Midwest Tribune reported on 16th that Biden once wanted to turn Saudi Arabia into an untouchable country — — So why does he want to fight with Saudi Arabia’s "autocratic ruler" now? Critics believe that boxing helped restore the 36-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed’s reputation on the world stage. Biden did raise the issue of the murdered journalist Kachouqi with the Saudi Crown Prince during the meeting, but he was "choked" by the Crown Prince. He raised the human rights issue of the US military in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the issue of the Palestinian female journalist killed by the Israeli army not long ago.

　　The "Politics" website said on the 16th that President Biden’s four-day trip to the Middle East clearly showed that the importance of values was "sacrificed" in the "cold pursuit of national interests". The article said that Biden’s visit to Israel, the West Bank and Saudi Arabia is to participate in a "great game", that is, to seek a greater foothold in the Middle East where Russia and China are "strongly involved". During his visit, Biden publicly declared at least twice: "The United States will never allow Russia and China to fill the vacuum." At the "Security and Development" summit attended by the leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the United States, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq, Biden stressed: "My visit is to position the future of the United States in the region. We will not leave a vacuum in the Middle East for Russia or China to fill, and we are achieving results." The US CNBC financial website said on 16th that one goal of Biden’s trip was to persuade Gulf countries to help isolate Russia and China. Among them, in order to win over Saudi Arabia, Biden made many benefits, such as relaxing the "tight spell" on Saudi human rights, promising to sell arms to Saudi Arabia appropriately, and planning to hand over two small islands in the Red Sea actually controlled by Egypt to Saudi Arabia.

　　However, Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, told CNBC on 16th that Saudi Arabia’s relations with the United States and China are not mutually exclusive, and Saudi Arabia will continue to maintain positive relations with the United States and China at the same time. He said: "China is Saudi Arabia’s largest trading partner and largest investor, and it is also a huge energy market and a huge market in the future, while the United States is Saudi Arabia’s largest partner in security, politics, investment and trade." According to the "Japan Times" on the 17th, the Gulf countries refused to stand on the western side against Russia on the Ukrainian issue at the "Security and Development" summit.

　　"Draw a new front"

　　Tehran on the 17th accused Biden’s trip to the Middle East of provoking tensions in the Middle East. According to Agence France-Presse reported on the 17th, after Biden ended his visit to Iran’s rival Saudi Arabia and "deadly enemy" Israel, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement that Washington "resorted to the failed Iranian phobia policy again and tried to create tension and crisis in the region". Prior to this, Biden signed a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Lapid, vowing to use "all forces" to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that this agreement is a "great sign of deception and hypocrisy" of the United States, because "they turned a blind eye to the Zionist regime, which is the largest owner of the nuclear arsenal in the region".

　　"Biden’s trip has drawn a new front." The New Yorker magazine warned on the 16th that the Iranian nuclear agreement is now deadlocked. Last Friday, Tehran showed off armed drones in the Persian Gulf, calling it "a welcome to Biden". Shortly after the US-Israel joint statement was issued, former CIA staff member Riddle told the New Yorker reporter: "We are committed to going to war with Iran." He said that Biden’s trip has taken US policy and the situation in the Middle East in a "more dangerous direction".

　　Reuters said on the 17th that the United States hopes that the summit with the Gulf countries will help to establish a regional security alliance, including Israel, to deal with the Iranian threat. However, the communique of the summit was vague, and the Saudi foreign minister poured cold water on the United States. He said that he did not know anything about the Gulf — In the discussion of the Israeli Defense Alliance, Saudi Arabia did not participate in such negotiations.

　　Two days after Biden’s trip to the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in Tehran on the 19th to hold a trilateral summit with Iranian and Turkish leaders.