Michael Goodwin
NY Post, Apr. 6, 2024
“In the past month the Biden Administration and Democratic leaders in Congress have leveled more criticism against the Democratically elected government of Israel than against the ruthless dictators of Russia (Putin), North Korea (Kim) Turkey (Erdogan), Venezuela (Maduro), Iran (Khamenei), Syria (Assad) and Hamas (Sinwar) COMBINED. Let that sink in.”
During most of the six months of Israel’s war with Hamas, President Biden has given support to our ally with one hand and undercut it with the other. The approach features both Biden’s quiet supply of munitions to Israel and a near-daily dose of harsh public criticism of its military conduct.
It’s all part of a convoluted plan to formally back the beleaguered Jewish state while also appeasing angry members of the Democrats’ far-left wing, many of whom are antisemites who believe Israel has no right to exist.
The plan is so obviously a political calculation that a popular joke holds that Biden’s talk of a two-state solution isn’t really about Israel and a Palestinian state — it’s about appealing to Muslim-American voters in Michigan and Minnesota!
Jokes aside, that remains the basic policy, but nothing in war or politics is stagnant. And with each passing day, it becomes more and more obvious that, as Biden’s re-election campaign falters, his administration’s criticism of Israel grows more desperate and strident. Amid polls showing Donald Trump beating the president in most battleground states, including Michigan, the White House tone has shifted sharply against our ally.
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