President Joe Biden’s visit to the State of Israel this week was a success, largely due to the fact that he did not live up to his campaign promises or policies clearly favored by leftists within his administration.
In his 2020 campaign, Biden sought to calm anti-Israeli voices within his party by promising to open a consulate for Palestinians in “East Jerusalem.” He also promised to return the Iran nuclear deal and was highly critical of Saudi Arabia.
Now, Biden has abandoned plans to build a Palestinian consulate that would divide the city—so the White House had to stop overseeing National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, a notorious con man in Russia, where Biden still plans to do so.
Biden signed a declaration promising to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons; He told Israeli television that the United States would use force. And flying from Tel Aviv to Saudi Arabia – after Trump took his first direct return flight in 2017.
Biden clings to arrogance, as if he was somehow correcting the mistakes of his predecessor. He laughed and said at a news conference Thursday that US leadership in the Middle East was somehow referring to the “gap” left by his predecessor – seconds after he praised the Abraham Accords, which only happened with Trump’s deal. intense speech. diplomatic engagement To the extent that there is a “vacuum,” it stems from former Biden boss Barack Obama, who allowed Russia to return to Syria.
Also, Biden continued to attack Trump for his withdrawal from the 2018 Iran nuclear deal, a decision accepted by Israel and the Sunni Arab world, because the deal allowed Iran to become a nuclear power over time and without curbing its further expansion. thick. bad activity.
Earlier this week, Sullivan complained that Iran is supplying drones to Russia; This is the kind of joke allowed by the Iran nuclear deal, as then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in 2015.
Biden also continues to oppose the dormant two-state solution and has returned hundreds of millions of US taxpayer dollars to the Palestinian Authority without compensation. Interestingly, last year’s war between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which rules Gaza, took place after Biden sent money. The Biden administration started the war by criticizing Israel and creating a false moral equality between the two sides, but eventually came to terms with the reality of Palestine’s shortcomings.
Biden’s top priority when he visits Palestinians this week will be the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shirin Abu Akle, who was killed in a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants as Israel tries to arrest suspected terrorists (rather than kill them). .
Abu Akle would still be alive if the Palestinians had not fired. American investigators rightly said it was impossible to know which side fired the deadly bullet, but if Israel did, it was unintentional.
He scolded the Palestinians, who seemed unable to do anything but complain about Israel. They rejected Trump’s invitation to join the Abraham Accord with a $50 billion investment as incentives and instead watched the region grow beyond their tolerance.
Even Israel’s new prime minister, Yair Lapid, a left-wing alternative to Netanyahu, has only met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas once. It is impossible to deal with them.
So Biden’s visit to Israel was successful because he reaffirmed the status quo in US-Israeli relations and unconditionally accepted the direction Trump had set for the region. Unlike Obama, who postponed his visit to Israel for his second term, Biden is not trying to isolate Israel or create a new regional balance.
Palestinians had the opportunity to impress Biden in the early days; blasted as usual. Trump’s policies continue as Israel and Arab states prefer his approach.
Source: Breitbart
