Michael Goodwin

Michael Goodwin

Politics

Spineless Joe Biden is inching toward a full betrayal of Israel

Is there a Margaret Thatcher inź§… the house who can help stiffen Jš“†‰oe Bidenā€™s spine?

The late British prime minister, in a 1990 phone call during the early days of the first Gulf war, famously told a hesitant President George H. W. Bush that it ā€œwas no time to go wobbly.ā€

As Thatcher recounts in her first memoir, ā€œThe Downing Street Years,ā€ Bush appeared reluctant to act decisively following SšŸŒŗaddam Husseinā€™s invašŸ’¦sion of Kuwait.

Although the United Nations SešŸ“curity Council approved a trade embargo of Iraq, it was leź¦‰ft largely to the US and UK to enforce it.

Fortunately, Bush adopted the Iron Ladyā€™s resolve and soon unleashed Operation Desert Storm, leading to a retreat of Iraqā€™s forces and a smashingź¦¬ allied triumph.

Biden needs a ThatcheršŸŽ now to set him straight during the curšŸŽrent Mideast conflict.

Faced with Isrź§ƒaelā€™s war against Hamas in Gaza and a shaky re-election campaign, the president isnā€™t just going wobbly in his support for our embattled ally ā€” heā€™s inching toward a full betrayal of Israel to appease American radicals.

His actions and statements are more troubling than those of the officials Thatcher ršŸ¦‚idiculed as ā€œfašŸŒ„int heartsā€ or ā€œdrifting with the tide.ā€

It is dishonest to defend Bidenā€™s undercutting of Israel as part of some strategic view of how to šŸ·bring a just and lasting peace to the region.

His words and actions increasingly have little to do with peace and everything to dšŸ¦¹o witš’†™h pandering to domestic political critics.

A timeline of the presidentā€™s shifting attitude shows his position, which began as forceful backing of Israel after the Oct. 7 invasion by Hamas, changed as large parts of the Democratsā€™ base made it clear they would notļ潚Ÿ§œļæ½ vote for him because of his support for Israel.

Some of those people, who include Muslim Americans and leftist students at elite colleges, can be charitably described as ignorašŸ¦‚nt of both history and current events, especially their ašŸ¦©bsurd accusations that Israel is committing ā€œgenocide.ā€

They claim to be concerned about the suffering of Palestinian civilians, but voiced no concern that Hamas uses those civilians as human shields and turned Gaza into a terrorist launching pad while stealing billions of foreiš“„§gn aid.

Nor are they moved by the horrific events of Oct. 7, incź¦•ludā„±ing the slaughter of Israeli children and the raping and torture of women.

Maš’€°ny other Biden objectors are classic antisemites who oppose IsšŸŒ³raelā€™s very existence.

These so-called protestersą¶£, some of them violent, donā€™t try to hide their support for Hamasā€™ plan to control all land ā€œfrom the river to the sea.ā€

Antisemitism at home

Biden makes no distinction about the criticsā€™ motivations and is disgracefully mute aš“ƒ²bout the shocking explosion of antisemitism in America.

Instead, in a recent meeting with ź¦«Muslim voters in Michigan, an administration aide ā€” not a campaign aide ā€”  arrived full of apologies and said the WhitešŸŽ€ House knows it made mistakes in its approach.

ā€œWšŸ­e are very well aware that we have misstepped in the course of responding to this crisis,ā€ said deputy national secušŸ rity adviser Jon Finer, according to a recording obtained by CBS News.

Days earlier, the White House slapped sšŸ’›anctions on four Israelis in the West Bank, accusing them of violence toward Palestinians.

Then aides announced last week they were investigating whether Israel misuš”sed American munitions in Gaza.

To put further distance between the two governments, Biden flunkies leak that he intensely dislikes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and disparages him as an ā€œasshole.ā€

He tells donors Israeli bombingąµ² was ā€œindiscriminateā€ and mumbles at a press conference that Israelā€™s reaction to Oct. 7 is ą¹„ā€œover the top.ā€

His words sting, but hisįƒ¦ policies are far more dangerous.

They include a demš’ƒand for an immediate cease-fire before Hamaź§Ÿs has been eliminated or releases its hostages, some of them American citizens.

If the war stopped now, the terror group would retain control of GašŸ·za.

It would also siphon off much of the billions of dollars likely to be contrišŸ”œbuted to rebuilding, just as it now seizes much of the daily humanitarian aid.

Similarly, Bidenā€™s push for the creation of a Palestinian state rewards Hamasā€™ brutality and would result in perpetual war that cošŸŒuld become a global conflict.

Hamasā€™ open hatred

It is also astonishing that Biden ignores how Hamas leaders in Qatar ā™’and Lebanon say publicly they will not accept any ā€œtwo-state solutionā€ becaušŸ’žse it implies acceptance of a Jewish state.

ā€œI would like to say two things about the two-state solution. First, we have nothing to do with the two-state solution,ā€ Hamas official Khaled Mashal said in a TV interview.

ā€œWe reject this notion, because it means you would get a promise for a [Palestinian] state, yet you are required to recognize the legitimacy of the oā›¦ther state, which is the Zionist entity.

He added: ā€œThis is unacceptable.ā€

Thatā€™s not an unusual view.

Polling shows up to 80% of all Palestinians support Hamasā€™ invasion, including a big majority in the West Baź¦nk.

Some historians compare the challenge of Palestinian state-building to the dšŸŽ¶enazificatioš†n of Germany after World War II.

Does Biden see that?

Most appalling, his policies skirt around Iranā€™s role. Itź¦‰ is the head of the snake and directs and finances every terror group calling for Israelā€™s destruction, including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.

Iran sits back & smiles

Every one of the presidentā€™ļ·½s criticisms of Israel and his effort to micromanage and curtail its military strašŸ„ƒtegy must come as welcome news to Iran and those proxies.

As such, Biden gives them no reason to change šŸ¦„their wš”‰ays.

The job ofšŸ’¦ selling his pre-election snake oil falls to Secretary of State Tony Blinken, who is spewing nonsense in his ā€™roušŸŒ±nd-the-region shuttles.

Lately heā€™s been marketing a Palestinian state to Israel as the key to unlock normalization agreements with Aź¦rab states.

ā€œVirtually every Arab country now genuinely wants to integrate Israel into the region to normalize relations .ā€‰.ā€‰.  to provide security commitments and assurances so that Israel can feel more safe,ā€ Blinken said Saturday at the annuašŸ…·l Munich Security Conference.

ā€œAnd thereā€™s also, I think the imperative, thatā€™s more urgent than ever, to proceed to a Palestiniaā™n state that also ensures the sešŸ·curity of Israel.ā€

Blinken, like his boss, conveniently ignores two enormouš’†™s facts: First, the Trump administration secured the Abraham Accords with four Muslim nations without endangering Israelā€™s survivaāœØl.

And Saudi Arabia wź¦…as moving toward normalization last year without a Palestinian state, which Hamas cited as a reason for its ašŸ™ˆttack on Israel.

Second, there is no credible vision for a Palesš’…Œtinian state that ensures the securā›¦ity of Israel.

IšŸ”Ætā€™s an oxymoron, as has been proven rešŸ… peatedly for 75 years.

Hamasā€™ invasioā˜‚n was diffeą¶£rent only in the scale of its fiendish success.

It brought about the largest single-day loss of Jewish life siš’Ŗnce the end of the Holocaust.

And it is committed to doing the same thing again and agšŸƒšŸ“–ain.

Is Biden so addled thatš’ŠŽ he doesnā€™t understandšŸŒ¼ that?

Or is he so fixated on a second term that hešŸŒž doesnā€™šŸ’t care?