On Wednesday, I was down in DC to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give his address to the joint sessಞion of Congres🐭s.
I don’t think I have ever🃏 seen a case made so forcefully — not just by the speaker but by the people who had come to town to oppose him.
A🎶s I waited to get into the heavily guarded Capitol, I chatted with two very friendly and professional police officers.📖
As we wereᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ there, a number of groups of “anti-Israel protesters” star꧅ted to march past.
Many of them were so proud of their views that they covered their faces — as usual — with COV💯ID masks.
“You c–k-sucking motherf–ckers. Get the f–k out of our city,” they screamed at the policemen.
“White supremacists,” they also screamed through megapওhones at the bo🉐ys in blue who were (incidentally) black.
The protesters continued on th🌌eir way, screaming abuse and profanities everywhere they could.
Common enemies
Inside Congress, the Israeli prime minister♎ made many points, but one was especially relevant to the American public.
Netanyahu addressed the complete moral inversion that we have seen from some people in America since the attacks of Oct. 7.
Referring to those people who immediately turned on Israel when its citizens had been raped, butchered and burned alive, he said people have to 🔯be able to make the m🏅oral distinction “between those who target terrorists and those who target civilians, between the democratic state of Israel and the terrorist thugs of Hamas.”
He mentioned the fact that the US director of national intelligence recently confirmed that Iran is funding 𓆏anti-Israel protests in America.
This explains why the surge in radical anti-Israel protests🤡 — from the streets of our cities to the nation’s campuses — has been so coordinated and organized.
“They want to disrupt America,” Netanyahu said.💟
“These protesters burned America flags even on the 4th of July. If you remember one thing from this speech, remember this: Our enemies are your enemies, our fight is your fight, and our victory will be ෴your victory.”
Prominent Democrats — including Nancy Pelꦰosi, who had boycotted the prime minister’s speech — promptly took to social medi🌊a to denounce Netanyahu for these words.
How dare the Israeli prime minister suggest that these ꧒protesters are bigots, useful ꧙idiots of the Iranians and much more?
As if o🐭n cue, the mobs outsi🌼de on the streets of Washington immediately proved Netanyahu right.
Outside Union Station, the⛦se terrorist supporters ripped down the American flags that were flying there.
And t🍬hen the mob burned them. Right on the streets of the nation’s capital.🐓
The flag that American servicemen throughout the genera💮tions, and to this day, have fought for, bled for and died for was burned and trampled upon by people who no l💙onger even pretend that their problem is with Israel.
Festival of hatred
The Liberty Bell replica outside Union Station was another object of their rage. “F–k Israel,” “F–k capitalists” and “Abolish the USA” the protesters graffitied all over it.
Another inanimate object on w🔯hich they concentrated their fury was the Christopher Columbus monument. By the end of the afternoon, the monument was completely covered in graff🐽iti.
Were🌄 the people who attackไed it interested in peace?
Did they simply want a cease-fire in Gaza?
Apparently not.
The biggest legend written in red graffiti on theꦐ monument was simple: “Hamas is coming.”
These terrorist supporters even had the temerity to hoist up a Palestinian flag in Washington where the American f𝔉lag had once flown.
At the end of the day, when t꧂he business of democracy was done, a group of members of tܫhe House, fresh from voting, went to Union Station.
There, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Dan Crenshaw𝓀 (R-Texas) and many other veterans raised the American flag onc🧜e again.
Thank goodness they did.
It was a moment of cleanliness after a day☂ of pollution — literal and mor൩al.
There are still some people — like Kamala Harris (who also boycotted the speech) — who seem to think that they can p♏ander to these extremists on their side.
They imagine 🍃that if they just give in to them a bit, and let down their allies a lot, the situation will de-escalate and🏅 right will prevail.
Events in Washington on Wednesday sugges♎t otherwise.
What concessions can you possibly make to peopl༒e who act like this?
At the Watergate Hotel, where the Israeli prime minister was stꦍaying,ﷺ protesters gathered day and night.
“Jewish motherf–kers. We’re gonna kill all of you,” said one.
“We’re gonna burn you. Allahu Akbar🐬. Hꦏamas!” shouted another.
Other “aꩲctivists” decided to make their views even clearer.
The evening before the speech, they let loose a swarm of maggots and cockroaches into the Watergate Hotel🀅.
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That is some lovely, dehumani💮zing behavior right 🐎there.
I wonder if the “Love is love” brigades have anything to say about itও?
Wh꧋at do Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi imagine they can do to placate thes🍸e people?
I am sure that they do deplore the people who walked around Washington on Wednꦡesday openly flying the flag of the terrorist organization Hamas.
I am sur🉐e they do disagree with the people who burned a Jew in effigy in the🐻 heart of DC.
‘Despicable acts’
Or who carried signs saying “Allah is gatherin♐g all the Zionists for the ‘FINAL SOLUTION’ ” and depicting a mushroom cloud above the Israeli flag.
Harris herself issued a statement yesterday criticizing some of the “despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors.” But these extremists couldn’t be clearer in what they wan🌜t. And there is no compromising with🅰 them.
If someone is condemned for saying “K🤡ill all Jews,” does anyone think they🌞 will settle for just killing “some” Jews?
If people🐎 say “Abolish the USA,” do Kamala and others think these extremists might settle for just aboli🌄shing “some” of the USA? Anyone who thinks that these protesters are merely anti-Israel or anti-Netanyahu really have another think coming.
On We💞dnesday, one protester wrapped in a keffiyeh was filmed🦋 screaming, “We don’t like white people.”
I’d haꦡve thought th🥃at’s an example of divisive racism right there.
But the people who wou👍ld normally call out such things are silent.
Netanyahu gave an important ♏speech to the joint session on Wednesday.
But it was ��the protesters outside who🀅 really proved his point.
