360 degrees of hostility: The Biden administration and Israel

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The Mothers of IDF Soldiers group led a demonstration last week of army mothers, reservists in the Israel Defense Forces, bereaved families and other concerned citizens outside the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. They demanded that President Joe Biden stop leveraging power to force Israel to resupply Hamas.

The following day, hundreds of Israelis, including parents of soldiers, families of hostages and terror victims gathered outside Ashdod Port. For hours, they blocked trucks laden with supplies for Gaza from exiting the port. Activists have been blocking trucks from entering Gaza via the Kerem Shalom and Nitzana border crossings for more than two weeks.

Speaking to the crowd in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, Shifra Shahar, who runs a nonprofit organization that cares for the needs of soldiers, addressed her remarks to Israelโ€™s leaders:

โ€œGovernment of Israel, defense minister, IDF chief of staff, get ahold of yourselves!

โ€œWe had elections last year. I donโ€™t recall voting for [U.S. Secretary of State Antony] Blinken! Blinken is sitting in the war cabinet and protecting the interests of my enemy. โ€ฆ We have sons in Gaza. We have sons fighting. The entry of the trucks endangers them, prolongs the war, increases the number of casualties and delays the return of the hostages!

โ€œThey tell me, โ€˜There are constraints.โ€™ He who is constrained doesnโ€™t win the war.

โ€œThey tell me, โ€˜The Americans are threatening not to provide us with ammunition.โ€™

โ€œTo this, I say, if we were besieging them, we wouldnโ€™t need ammunition! The war would end. Theyโ€™d be screaming for help, returning the hostages and the war would end!โ€

The rising expressions of rage at the Biden administration from ordinary citizens are a testament to the shock and anger Israelis feel at what they perceive as a betrayal of Israelโ€™s most basic interests by Biden and his top advisers.

Three and a half months ago, when Biden came to Israel, most Israelis couldnโ€™t imagine his warm embrace would transform into a torrent of hostile actions.

At the height of Bidenโ€™s emotional visit, he gave a speech to the people of Israel: โ€œI come to Israel with a single message. You are not alone. You are not alone. As long as the United States standsโ€”and we will stand foreverโ€”we will not let you ever be alone.โ€

For the overwhelming majority of Israelis, Bidenโ€™s declaration sounded like a bankable guarantee. But for the few with more sensitive ears, it sounded like a threatโ€”that he and his administration would never leave Israel alone to fight the war to victory.

As the weeks and months passed, it turned out that the latter had it right. The administration has never let Israel alone to win the war whose outcome will determine whether the Jewish state can long survive. At every turn, in every quarter, the United States is constraining, undermining, subverting and coercing Israel to make moves that, as Shahar said, are โ€œagainst the interests of the citizens of Israel.โ€

By Caroline Glick

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