Biden Needs to End His Stubborn Support of the Israeli Government

[martybegan]

Netanyahu is picking a fight with Israel’s best friend: Joe Biden​

By Max Boot

All the way back in 2019, Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. In the past year, since assuming his nation’s highest office for the third time, he has cemented his reputation as Israel’s worst prime minister. And now, by picking a needless and reckless fight with President Biden, Israel’s closet ally, he is only compounding the damage that he is doing to his own country.

While publicly backing Israel, Biden has tried to work behind the scenes to convince Netanyahu to be more discriminate in the use of firepower in Gaza, to curb settler violence in the West Bank and to plan for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to take charge of Gaza after Hamas is defeated. Yet Netanyahu doesn’t seem to be listening.

Last week, Biden’s frustration broke into public view. Speaking at a campaign fundraiser, the president stressed that he would provide “Israel what they need to defend themselves and to finish the job” against Hamas but also noted, accurately, that Israel is “starting to lose” international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing.” He went on to say that Netanyahu needs to “strengthen” the PA. “You cannot say there’s no Palestinian state at all in the future.”

Instead of accepting this constructive critique from a friend, Netanyahu chose to strike back publicly against Biden. He released a video rejecting Biden’s call for the Palestinian Authority to rule in Gaza. “I will not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of Oslo,” he said, referring to the 1993 Oslo accords that created the Palestinian Authority. “Gaza will be neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan.”

No wonder nearly half of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank support Hamas: They have seen their hopes of statehood dashed as right-wing Israeli governments continue to expand settlements in the West Bank and to resist making any concessions to the Palestinians. If Israel winds up the war against Hamas by simply reoccupying Gaza, as now seems likely, it will be giving birth to a new generation of anti-Israel militants. That is what Biden is warning against.

Netanyahu is ignoring Biden’s wise words of counsel because his coalition allies are anxious to annex the West Bank and opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state. Bibi plainly hopes to stay in office by promising to block a two-state solution, no matter how much damage that does to Israel’s long-term security interests or its alliance with the United States.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/18/netanyahu-biden-feud-israel-ally/

Netanyahu has decided he won't respect a US president. We are the ones who give Israel the most money. We are the ones that have made Israel a military power and we are the one who have given Israel nuclear capability.

The last leader who we empowered in the ME who refused to listen was Saddam. It's time to end our support of this government and Israel until that punk Netanyahu is gone. That's what Biden should do. Leave Bibi without American support and watch how quickly he ends the bombing and works to get a 2 state solution.

It's the one thing Biden is doing almost right, even if he is only half-assing it.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Netanyahu is wise not to listen to an animated corpse whose best attempt at international relations was farting at the Queen of England and shitting himself during an audience with the pope.

 

[Moonglow]

Biden is faking concern by making a noise without any intention of stopping the Zionists.

Americans against his wars are being pranked.

True and Israel looks the other way when the US stamps out its enemies.

 

[Moonglow]

It's the one thing Biden is doing almost right, even if he is only half-assing it.

Those 2k bombs say differently, a little gift to Israel from Biden.........

 

[Moonglow]

If Biden changed his so called support for Israel his donation would dry up... many of his donors are rich Jews... the cheap ass scum libs at the bottom don't donate anything but their hatred of the right and winning takes money...

Can I have all those federal taxes back over the last forty-five years?

 

[justoffal]

Netanyahu is picking a fight with Israel’s best friend: Joe Biden​

By Max Boot

All the way back in 2019, Benjamin Netanyahu became Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. In the past year, since assuming his nation’s highest office for the third time, he has cemented his reputation as Israel’s worst prime minister. And now, by picking a needless and reckless fight with President Biden, Israel’s closet ally, he is only compounding the damage that he is doing to his own country.

While publicly backing Israel, Biden has tried to work behind the scenes to convince Netanyahu to be more discriminate in the use of firepower in Gaza, to curb settler violence in the West Bank and to plan for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to take charge of Gaza after Hamas is defeated. Yet Netanyahu doesn’t seem to be listening.

Last week, Biden’s frustration broke into public view. Speaking at a campaign fundraiser, the president stressed that he would provide “Israel what they need to defend themselves and to finish the job” against Hamas but also noted, accurately, that Israel is “starting to lose” international support because of its “indiscriminate bombing.” He went on to say that Netanyahu needs to “strengthen” the PA. “You cannot say there’s no Palestinian state at all in the future.”

Instead of accepting this constructive critique from a friend, Netanyahu chose to strike back publicly against Biden. He released a video rejecting Biden’s call for the Palestinian Authority to rule in Gaza. “I will not allow Israel to repeat the mistake of Oslo,” he said, referring to the 1993 Oslo accords that created the Palestinian Authority. “Gaza will be neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan.”

No wonder nearly half of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank support Hamas: They have seen their hopes of statehood dashed as right-wing Israeli governments continue to expand settlements in the West Bank and to resist making any concessions to the Palestinians. If Israel winds up the war against Hamas by simply reoccupying Gaza, as now seems likely, it will be giving birth to a new generation of anti-Israel militants. That is what Biden is warning against.

Netanyahu is ignoring Biden’s wise words of counsel because his coalition allies are anxious to annex the West Bank and opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state. Bibi plainly hopes to stay in office by promising to block a two-state solution, no matter how much damage that does to Israel’s long-term security interests or its alliance with the United States.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/18/netanyahu-biden-feud-israel-ally/

Netanyahu has decided he won't respect a US president. We are the ones who give Israel the most money. We are the ones that have made Israel a military power and we are the one who have given Israel nuclear capability.

The last leader who we empowered in the ME who refused to listen was Saddam. It's time to end our support of this government and Israel until that punk Netanyahu is gone. That's what Biden should do. Leave Bibi without American support and watch how quickly he ends the bombing and works to get a 2 state solution.

First of all....Bullshit. There are reasonable people on both sides of this conflict. Low IQ broad brushing is just the fuel needed to keep it going. Secondly Netanyahu will have no choice but to cooperate because he cannot keep up the pace. Israel has niether the population or the resources to maintain a LONG WAR. Thirdly he has sizeable opposition at home.

 

[toomuchtime_]

First of all....Bullshit. There are reasonable people on both sides of this conflict. Low IQ broad brushing is just the fuel needed to keep it going. Secondly Netanyahu will have no choice but to cooperate because he cannot keep up the pace. Israel has niether the population or the resources to maintain a LONG WAR. Thirdly he has sizeable opposition at home.

There are no indications any differences between Netanyahu and Biden will weaken US support of Israel's determination to destroy Hamas; on the contrary, the US has stepped up its efforts to aid Israel in this effort.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-offers-10-million-hamas-financial-information-2024-01-05/

US Democrats have always identified with the Israeli left and been hostile to the right. Obama actually sent money and political advisers to Israel to try to defeat Netanyahu, and Biden snubbed Netanyahu for months when he became President.

All of this is irrelevant to the current situation. Despite the coldness of the US government to Israel's right wing government, the Biden administration immediately took a strong position in support of Israel's war to destroy Hamas, and has never varied from that position. The US expresses regret that so many alleged civilian have died in the war, but they clearly understand that Hamas is so deeply embedded in Palestinian society and culture and civilian infrastructure that there is nothing more Israel can do to protect noncombatants. There is really no distance at all between Israel's position on destroying Hamas, and the US'.

The real area of conflict between Netanyahu and Biden has nothing to do with Gaza or Hamas; it is about Israel's relations with the PA and alleged violence of some of the settlers in Judea/Samaria. Biden must complain to satisfy his supporters, and Netanyahu must resist to satisfy some of his coalition partners, but in the end some sort of compromise will be reached that will change nothing but give both enough to satisfy their political needs.

 

[Donald H]

The Zionists' war is expanding more rapidly now.

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www.rt.com

Biden knows he has an option:

A very large US strike against an unidentified target.

or

A US forced peace on the Zionists, which may not be paid attention to by the Palestinians' side.

All Americans should be considering the consequences of either decision by Biden. (the pentagon)

 

[IM2]

First of all....Bullshit. There are reasonable people on both sides of this conflict. Low IQ broad brushing is just the fuel needed to keep it going. Secondly Netanyahu will have no choice but to cooperate because he cannot keep up the pace. Israel has niether the population or the resources to maintain a LONG WAR. Thirdly he has sizeable opposition at home.

No, it's not bs and I'm tired of dumb whites like you calling the blacks here low IQ. This mess is a direct result of Netanyahu's stategy and we should not support any continuing of Netanyahu policy.

 

[Donald H]

All the pieces of the ;puzzle are falling into place for Russia's (and China's) proxy war against America.

The Pentagon is fully aware of the consequences and certainly appreciates the abilities of its united enemies.

The only part that will be played by Biden is that he will stand responsible for the Pentagon's decisions.