Biden’s dislike of Israel

For years, Joe Biden has claimed that he and Bibi Netanyahu are great friends. The longtime senator from Delaware, a thoroughly nasty guy, also was a part of the administration of Barack Obama, rivaled in its hatred for Israel only by that of Jimmy Carter. I have never believed Netanyahu was fooled by Biden, but being the political wizard he is, always maintained cordial relations with the corrupt vice president and now, “president” of the U.S.

Michael Freund has a great piece this week in the Jerusalem Post about Biden’s real feelings in this regard. (I met Freund many years ago in Jerusalem; he has done terrific work in bringing Jews home to Israel. He is a great guy.)

You can’t state it any clearer than this:

“It is time to call out President Joe Biden and his crew for the implicit contempt they demonstrate for Israel and its democratically elected leadership.”

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken—another outright leftist in the corrupt Biden camp—is set to visit Israel in the coming weeks, and the visit will follow on the heels of unprecedented internal opposition to Netanyahu. Outgoing caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid has outrageously called for public demonstrations against the incoming Netanyahu government. It no doubts rankles leftists that Netanyahu is now the longest-serving PM in Israeli history. Not Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres, not Yitzhak Rabin. None of them come close to the years Netanyahu has spent in the PM’s chair. As Israel’s “right-wing” leader, he has garnered hatred from a multitude of directions for more than a quarter-century. That entire time, Biden’s phony warmth for Bibi has masked a seething contempt. It’s nice, frankly, to see someone call him on it publicly.

Freund details some of the U.S. interference:

“Brandishing a level of chutzpah that seems reserved exclusively for the Jewish state, various Biden administration officials have felt free to offer comments about everything ranging from the proposed reform of Israel’s legal system to a visit by an Israeli government minister to the Temple Mount.

“Sadly, the public has become all too accustomed to such behavior, as though it is normal and acceptable for Washington to interfere in the Jewish state’s internal affairs. But it most assuredly is not.”

Freund served as deputy communications director for Netanyahu in his first term in the late 90s. Here he worked with the peerless David Bar-Illan, former editor of the Jerusalem Post and the most astute political commentator I’ve ever read. I knew Bar-Illan lightly for a few years, and marveled at his ability to wage war with the leftist Media. Netanyahu was served well by such men, who always had Biden’s number.

Freund this week got into more specifics:

“Similarly, in November, even before the new Israeli coalition had been formed, US Ambassador Thomas Nides blasted the idea that Israel might annex parts of Judea and Samaria, using language more suited to a pub than a podium.

“Speaking to the KAN broadcasting network, Nides said, ‘Our position is quite clear: We do not support annexation. We will fight any attempt to do so, which is, by the way, the position of most of the Arab countries.’”

The U.S. will “fight” a decision by a duly elected Israeli government? Those are chilling words, and outrageous. On January 3, incoming Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price called the visit “unacceptable.”

Wow! The utter arrogance is breathtaking. Citizens of Israel are entitled to visit Judaism’s holiest site whenever they want. For an American diplomat to brazenly question that is a deep indication of vicious feelings toward the Jewish state. It keeps Israel’s security in a precarious place.

Obama didn’t even conceal his contempt for Israel, as his long associations with Palestinian radicals should have alerted anyone to as he climbed the political ladder. For quisling cowards like Obama and Biden, who never served in combat, to question Netanyahu is proof positive that the days are evil.

Bar-Illan, 30 years ago, correctly read Jimmy Carter and his inherent nastiness for Israel. Noting the world’s ignorance of Middle East history, and the fact that Israel had not in fact taken Judea-Samaria in an “act of aggression” as diplomats even were alleging, Bar-Illan said that Carter joined in the lies about the Jewish state:

“Jimmy Carter, who once vowed he would commit suicide rather than hurt Israel, has joined in this attempt with blithe contempt for facts. It will most certainly assure him regular appearances in the media.”

Now Biden and his lackeys can add corruption to their appearances in media. For lambasting Jews and Israel has proven to be lucrative and popular, even as some think man is evolving toward some “omega point” of perfection.

Joe Biden is Exhibit A for nasty hearts that imperil a small nation chosen long ago by the Lord of History.

He never sleeps, slumbers, or forgets.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Three-State Solution?

I listened to a fascinating podcast this week from the Friends of Israel. Palestinian human rights activist Bassem Eid, a resident of Jericho, was asked about the situation in Israel, overall. He focused of course on life as a Palestinian.

The New Year’s Eve interview left me wondering how such a man can live and breathe in Jericho, a stronghold of the PLO (I really get tired of referring to the artificially created “Palestinian Authority,” which is really just the old murderous PLO dressed up in diplomatic clothes).

Eid is a very brave man, taking issue with the murderous leadership of the Palestinians, whether it’s Fatah (PLO) or Hamas. He is public with his criticisms, and deserves our prayers. He told one incredible, almost hilarious story about his brush with trouble back in the 90s, during the Bill Clinton Administration. Born in 1958 under Jordanian rule, Eid began to distance himself from the PLO in 1993.

Now, what makes this story truly remarkable is that Clinton was perhaps more responsible for anyone for the creation of the Frankenstinian monster known as Yasser Arafat as a “statesman.” Remember, Arafat, the killer Egyptian dwarf passing himself off as a “Palestinian” revolutionary; he was hiding in a cave in Tunisia when Western diplomats plucked him out, put clean clothes on him and presented him as the undisputed Palestinian leader.

Anyway, Clinton presided over the monstrous Oslo ceremonies at the White House in 1993—to his eternal shame—and he spent a good bit of his time pushing “peace” between Palestinians and Israelis. The other half of course was spent mentoring young interns.

So it is especially amazing that a Clintonista would come to the aid of a good guy like Eid. The activist had run afoul of Arafat, who jailed him. Lo and behold, Secretary of State Warren Christopher, an otherwise thoroughly forgettable political hack, got on the phone and gave Arafat five minutes to release Eid, or else. We’ll never know what “or else” would have been, but Bassem Eid walked out of jail and never looked back. To this day, he seems able to say what he wants about the goons that enslave his people.

But it was an insight Eid had that really grabbed my attention.

He said that the Arab leaders want a “three-state solution.” Hamas wants their Islamic Emirate in Gaza; Abbas wants his empire in the West Bank. Then you have the state of Israel.

I’d never heard this perspective before. Now, I think most of us know the vaunted “two-state solution” has never been the real goal of the terrorists. Even a multi-state solution is not the ultimate goal; the ultimate goal is the destruction of the Jewish state.

But Eid’s insight was intriguing. He means that the two rival Palestinian factions want to see who will finally emerge to continue the stranglehold on the people themselves, and then they will turn their focus solely on eliminating Israel.

A three-state solution. Well, everything else has been tried. Remember during the waning days of the odious Clinton years? Diplomats were actually floating the idea that the Temple Mount should basically just be administered by God Himself! Everything else had been tried, enormous manpower and money had been spent trying to make the sewer of Palestinian control into a modern nation-state. So at the end of the day, in some respect, the stones cried out and God was acknowledged.

As we speed toward the end, we will see that only the One-State solution will work:

The God State.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com