Biden is losing Michigan, so he’s throwing Israel under the bus

Three weeks ago, President Biden said: reporterWhile licking an ice cream cone with TV host Seth Meyers, he said he hoped there would be a “ceasefire in place by next Monday” between Israel and Hamas.

It turns out that the assessment of the war was not accurate. The Israeli leadership, Hamas, and even National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan had far less. Optimistic View.

Now his administration tried to strengthen our allies Drafting a UN resolution We call for an immediate ceasefire. That won’t work — allowing Hamas to control the Gaza Strip is like losing the war — but a small number of Michigan voters sympathetic to Hamas now seem to be driving our Middle East policy. is.

Lately, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York hasn’t lost either. called New elections have been held in Israel, branding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an “obstacle” to peace. Netanhayu countered that it was legitimate for elected American officials to push for leadership change in another democracy.totally inappropriate”

The fact that Prime Minister Netanyahu had to defend his legitimacy in this way during wartime tells you everything you need to know about the current leadership of the Senate and White House.

Let me be clear: Israel is still under attack, even though it has avoided an existential crisis.Hamas is clearly wish Israel disappeared from the map for a long time.It certainly seems possible discussion A ceasefire is underway, but it does not end the conflict, nor will it end soon.

Israel and its current war against Hamas should be taken more seriously. It’s a bit daunting to have to remind everyone of how brutal and horrific the attacks that sparked this conflict were in the first place, but we’re going to do it anyway. Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7 was the third deadliest terrorist attack in recorded history.It was the deadliest attack ever in Israeli history, claiming the lives of more than 1,200 Israeli.

Hamas militants brutally murdered 36 The youngest of them was 10 months old.The entire family, including three young children, was shot. died At that house. Of the 242 hostages kidnapped by Hamas that day, 32 were children. Some of them are infant. More than five months later, 130 of the hostages are still in Hamas custody.

They also systematically used rape, an orgy of deliberate and malicious violence, as a tool of war and a means of terror. It was an attack of unprecedented scale and brutality. Israel’s early estimates of its own death toll were confused. The bodies were so badly burned that they mistook some of the terrorists’ bodies for those of their own murdered citizens.

How do we negotiate with an enemy who commits such atrocities? This is not the action of a faction brokering a rational peace. Hamas is a radical terrorist organization waging an active and sophisticated war against one of the United States’ most important geopolitical allies. Frankly, it’s outrageous that Biden feels he can casually predict an end to the conflict within a week.

If we forget or ignore Israel, we will be abandoning one of the only things that will lead the Middle East to regional stability and development. Israel is important to us not only as an outpost of democracy and freedom. In fact, Israel is important to all its neighbors, whether they like it or not. Because Israel brings economic progress, technological innovation, and political stability.

This is part of the reason why the Abraham Accords were such a huge success under President Trump’s administration. This agreement established strong and explicit legal and economic ties between Israel and the countries with which it had long-standing ties. Rejected Even acknowledging the existence of Israel.

America belongs to Israel top provider Military aid continues today since its inception. But at a time of great need, Biden appears intent on half-measures and geopolitical maneuvering.

The Biden administration is currently providing an incredible amount of approximately $16 billion to Hamas’s financier and chief architect, Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei. He continues to work to link the fate of the huge and bloated Ukraine funding bill to legislation that could fund further aid to Israel. Moreover, he does so while openly and thoughtlessly misrepresenting the nature and status of conflicts in the Middle East.

It’s time to hold Biden and his administration accountable for their misdeeds at the polls. We must vote for leadership and policies that advance America’s interests at home and abroad and protect rather than punish America’s most valued allies.

Timothy Head is executive director of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.