Ruthie Blum
JNS, Nov. 10, 2024
“What have Biden (who boasts of being a “Zionist” at heart), Blinken (himself a Jew) or Vice President Kamala Harris (who’s married to a Jew) done to quash antisemitism in the “land of the free and the brave”?”
An Israeli broadcast journalist reporting on world leaders who condemned the pogrom in Amsterdam paused after quoting tweets by U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to ask a snide rhetorical question. “And guess who hasn’t responded to the antisemitic attacks in The Netherlands?” she said, sneering with unadulterated schadenfreude.
“Donald Trump,” she answered, enunciating each syllable for effect, adding sarcastically that “he must be preoccupied with other matters.”
Unlike this media figure and so many of her colleagues in the biz, the majority of Israelis, who heaved a sigh of relief over Trump’s clean-sweep victory on Nov. 5, believe that the president-elect is, indeed, very busy at the moment—you know, assembling a crew that in no way resembles the current one.
It’s true, however, that Biden and Blinken were pretty prompt, and rightly so, in their response to the ambush on Thursday night. “The antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam are despicable and echo dark moments in history when Jews were persecuted,” Biden tweeted on Friday. “We’ve been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials and appreciate Dutch authorities’ commitment to holding the perpetrators accountable. We must relentlessly fight antisemitism, wherever it emerges.”… [To read the full article, click here]
