The Elder of Ziyon is an anonymous supporter of Israel who has a website worth reading if you care about the Middle East conflicts. In the article below (click to read), an anonymous guest poster on that site recounts in detail the anti-Israel actions and statements of the Biden/Harris campaign. The poster avers that these statements and actions will simply be intensified in a Harris/Walz administration. I know about many of these accusations and agree with nearly all of them. It’s true that Biden and Harris say they support Israel, but when you look at what they’ve really done, their “support” is not only guarded, but they’ve also supported Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.
I strongly disagree with the poster’s conclusion that, given all this, one should vote for Trump. The poster’s support for the Orange Man comes from his being a one-issue voter. But many of us are not. There are a variety of issues that Americans are weighing in the election, and our treatment of Israel doesn’t rank high. What does rank high are these issues (chart from Statista), and you don’t see Israel at the top of the list of “the most important problems facing America today”. (In fact, Israel is at the bottom, with only 1% agreement.)
I consider Trump mentally ill and cannot vote for him. But I also consider Israel as an important issue and so will reproduce the problems with Biden/Harris/Walz that the post singles out. (The post is anonymous because, as he/she says, “in my place of work there is intense hostility to Israel. If I openly argued what I am about to argue, that anyone who cares about Israel cannot support the Democratic candidates for President and must seriously consider supporting the other candidate. . . my professional status would be seriously compromised.”)
It’s sad that it’s come to this: we can’t raise heterodox arguments without damaging our careers, but so be it. I’ll simply give the poster’s argument.
My brief here is to call out my party’s Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidate (and the acting President) in areas of Israel policy where they could have done better. (And it’s arguable that Trump, though insane, might have done better on Israel than Harris will.) But I won’t abide people telling me that I have to vote for Harris (as opposed to not voting for President at all in a state that will certainly go for Harris). Please do not tell me that I have to vote for Harris, for that’s not what this post is about. You can argue about whether the poster is wrong in his/her criticisms, but this is about the poster’s claims and his conclusion that he will vote for Trump. I certainly won’t. The poster doesn’t say, either, that voters in general should vote for Trump. As you see above, in general don’t care much about Israel or the war.
This was published September 22, and also appeared on Andrew Pessin’s Substack site. Click to read:
The article is long and gives over twenty reasons why the author won’t vote for Harris/Walz. I’ll reproduce the author’s main claims in indented bold text below, and other words from the piece in indented plain text. Any text that is flush left is by me.
Here we go:
Harris-Walz will be a disaster for Israel and for American Jewry.
There have been some positive moments. Biden-Harris said the right things immediately after October 7, and allowed the U.S. Navy to be present in the region at a couple of important times, for which an Israel-advocate rightly feels gratitude. But aside from these and their occasional banal remark about believing in Israel’s right to defend itself—doesn’t every country have the right to defend itself?—heaps and mounds of evidence point unambiguously toward that dire conclusion. As I write, in September of 2024, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal is praising Biden-Harris for helping Hamas to remain in power, for always waiting patiently for and listening to Hamas’s demands in negotiations and for pressuring Israel to submit, and for recognizing Hamas as a legitimate diplomatic partner. What Meshal is gushing over is not the behavior of an ally of Israel, but of an administration that has largely taken the side of Israel’s enemies.
Since Harris has so far given no indication that her relevant policies will differ from Biden’s, and also repeatedly expressed her support for Biden’s, we may treat the Biden-Harris record as an indication of her own tendencies. If anything, in fact, the evidence suggests that Harris’s policies and actions will be worse. In September of 2024 here is Harris gloating about withholding weapons from Israel in order to put leverage on Israel to “accept the deal”: the deal, that is, that does not return all the hostages, that leaves Hamas in power, and forces Israel to withdraw in defeat. That is not the behavior of an ally, again, but of a friend of the enemy.
The numbered claims (I’ve omitted the numbers as things get complex with numbers within numbers):
Biden-Harris supported the disastrous JCPOA treaty with Iran, have continued to make efforts to reestablish it, and Harris states that she will rejoin it if elected. That treaty enriched the Islamic Republic with hundreds of billions of dollars, enabling it to fund its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, and to fund its “Ring of Fire” surrounding Israel. . .
Biden-Harris continued to waive the sanctions on Iran even after October 7, and even afterIran directly fired upwards of 300 missiles at Israeli homes. . . . That treaty and the Biden-Harris administration have also failed to adequately monitor and prevent the regime’s uranium enrichment. Iran is now perilously close to the nuclear weapon they have repeatedly proclaimed they will use to destroy the Jewish state and murder its seven million Jews.
Harris has close ties with many members of and has received a top 100% rating from the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), the pro-Khamenei lobby that advances the Islamic Republic’s interests in Washington D.C.
Biden-Harris reinstated funding to the Palestinian Authority (P.A.), which supports its “pay-to-slay” program, thus incentivizing Palestinians to murder Jews. Numerous terrorist attacks, including and after October 7, and including those against American citizens, are thus rewarded with the American taxpayer money.
The one above particularly galls me: American taxpayer money goes in part to fund the “pay for slay” program to reward those in Israeli prisons who have attacked Jews. That happens to be true, like most of the contentions. More:
Biden-Harris also reinstated funding to UNRWA, thus providing a direct funding line to Hamas—which, the current war has revealed, has entirely infiltrated UNRWA.
I disagree with the one below one a bit, as the U.S. is sending weapons to Israel and not to Hamas. However, the U.S. has gone overboard in its insistence on humanitarian aid, when we do not do so in, for example, Syria or Yemen:
Biden-Harris have shown far more concern for Palestinian civilians than for Israeli civilians, at one point even dictating to Israel (through their Secretary of State) that Israel’s “Job Number One” in fighting Hamas had to be protecting and aiding Palestinian civilians.
Speaking of incompetence, Biden-Harris have bent over backwards to provide massive amounts of “humanitarian aid” to Gaza. That on its own isn’t necessarily objectionable, but the execution has been both laughable and directly harmful.
The relentless insistence that Israel focus on facilitating aid is only one of many ways in which Biden-Harris have consistently hampered Israel’s war effort. For only one particularly heinous example, they demanded that Israel not enter Rafah, causing a months-long delay in that essential operation. Biden threatened Israel with withholding weapons if they went in; Kamala “I’ve studied the maps” Harris condescendingly reproached Israel even for thinking about Rafah, claiming the operation was impossible and warning Israel about crossing her “red line.” She said, “We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake … I have studied the maps. There’s nowhere for those folks to go.”
Biden-Harris both regularly parrot Hamas talking points, including citing Hamas’s alleged numbers of casualties, repeatedly suggesting “far too many innocent civilians have died”—even after numerous analysts have demonstrated that Hamas’s numbers are simply not credible (just one example here), and despite it being notably striking that Hamas does not bother distinguishing civilians from combatants so there is literally no way to know how many “innocent civilians” have died.
Throughout the war Biden-Harris have pressured Israel not only to negotiate with the terrorist group responsible for October 7 but to make massive concessions to them. They have pressured Israel to accept defeat from Hamas, in other words, by withdrawing from Gaza without all the hostages and without removing Hamas from power, which is a sure guarantee that Hamas will rearm and rebuild (not least by stealing international aid) and do October 7 again and again—as they have openly said they plan to do.
Harris snubbed Netanyahu’s speech on [sic] Congress. This came after months of repeated Biden-Harris interference in Israel’s own democracy, including outright efforts to unseat Israel’s democratically elected leader. Whether one is for or against Netanyahu as a politician, he is the elected leader of an alleged ally in the midst of an existential war; the lack of respect, and the lack of support for that alleged ally while it is engaged in an existential war, was a disgrace.
Biden-Harris repeatedly demand that those who committed the October 7 atrocities should be rewarded with a “state” of their own. Harris repeats this demand every single time the question arises, including in the debate with Trump and the handful of interviews she has given since. Not only does this demand reward the barbaric massacre and incentivize jihadi violence both against Israel and the West in general—why wouldn’t they perpetrate mass violence, when they get their demands met by doing so?—but she constantly repeats the demand despite the fact that Hamas leaders repeatedly, openly, proclaim their intention to perpetrate October 7 again and again and again, until all the Jews are murdered.
Biden-Harris repeatedly denounce Israelis in Judea-Samaria for defending themselves from Palestinian violence, and have repeatedly imposed sanctions on numerous Israelis there while literally doing nothing about the far more serious and more frequent violence of Palestinians against Israelis.
Beyond some lip service denouncements, Biden-Harris have done nothing serious or substantial to support or defend Israel from the international lawfare being waged against it from the United Nations (U.N.), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
One of the very first Biden-Harris foreign policy decisions was to remove the Iran-funded Houthis from the list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. They have continued to resist relisting them as recently as this week, despite numerous calls by others to do so, despite the Houthis’ ongoing attacks on Red Sea shipping and their repeatedly attacking Israel.
Many campus enemies of Israel and of the Jews responded to October 7 by celebrating, endorsing, and calling for more mass genocidal violence against Jews, demanding the destruction of Israel, and then spent eleven months ostracizing, harassing, and in dozens of instances physically assaulting Jewish students on our campuses. Harris has repeatedly expressed support for these people; “They’re showing exactly what the emotions should be” was only her most recent example. One might have thought that the appropriate emotions in response to an attempted genocide would be something other than celebrating it and calling for more. Meanwhile Harris has said essentially not a word in support of the Jewish students who have confronted a year of terror and record-setting antisemitism on their campuses.
The Biden-Harris Justice Department has been entirely missing in action this past year. It has not only ignored the widely reported mass wave of antisemitism occurring on campuses and in many major cities (including vandalism, incitement to mass murder, violence, and more), but has actively ignored requests that they get involved.
There is a lot more, but I’ll just add one thing about “personnel”:
As one article title puts it, “Harris would fill her administration with anti-Israel radicals”—and supporters of Iran, the greatest enemy of Israel and of Jews on the planet.
Since I’m not a one-issue voter or political supporter, I cannot, however, agree with the author’s conclusion, which is what would get he/she in trouble were their identity revealed. After listing the positive things that Trump did about Israel, the author says this:
As a lifelong Democrat, with the fate of Israel and American Jewry on the line, then, it is impossible for me to support this candidate [Harris].
. . . . The conclusion is indisputable:
Biden-Harris-Walz are and will be a disaster for Israel and for American Jews.
Trump was the most Pro-Israel President ever.
Nose held and deep breath taken, but:
Orange Man it is.
Not for me, of course! What I want to highlight here, and which worries me quite a bit, is the Biden/Harris record on Israel, which is likely to become more anti-Israel if Harris is elected. To the extent that Harris says she supports Israel, I still believe she’ll lessen America’s support of the Middle East’s only democracy if she’s elected, which is looking increasingly likely. But if you’re a Democrat, do be aware that your (our) party is becoming increasingly anti-Israel, and, in some cases (e.g., the Congressional “squad”) anti-Semitic. That’s what happened to Labour in the UK, too, and it’s a sign of a democracy that is failing.
Still voting for her.
I really don’t know how anyone can be a one issue voter. It seems to be an embracement of simple mindedness as if it were a virtue. A religious mind is probably ripe for such reasoning.
Basically agree. For some voters abortion is a similar “single issue”, and for others it might be a “tipping point issue” that ultimately shifts the balance.
In the bar chart above there are three “issues” which are linked topics: “prices/inflation”,”jobs/economy”,”taxes/govt spending”. If you add them up this is a major area for a candidate.
I am not religious, yet I am often a one issue voter. Including now. For me, the issue is Ukraine. Could be Israel as well, but Israel freed its territory within days after Oct. 7, while invaders are still advancing in Ukraine.
Yes Mayamarkov, indeed.
Israel and Ukraine, no matter what your/my religion or otherwise… are the vanguard, the fulcrum and the border between dictatorship and horror verses the international rules based civilization which brings us peace and prosperity.
Everything else is rubbish.
Onwards Israeli and Ukrainian heroes.
D.A.
NYC
No vote for Harris et al is pretty much a vote for Trump. Is that your plan?
First of all, that’s you’re dead wrong if you are addressing someone who lives in a state where Harris is sure to win. I do not appreciate people asking me how I’m going to vote, as I said. It’s my business, not yours. Nor is it your job to hector me if I decide not to vote or even to vote for Trump (the latter won’t happen).
Did you read this in the post?”
If you don’t think I should be criticizing the Biden/Harris/Walz administration, then too bad, because I have been and will continue to criticize Democrats.
I’m quite amused as those who tell me I have to vote for Harris because otherwise it will help Trump.
In regard to the Democratic Party’s ambiguous position on Israel, our host notes: “That’s what happened to Labour in the UK, too, and it’s a sign of a democracy that is failing.” But wasn’t the clear reversal of Corbynism by Labour (despite some current problems) a sign of mature behavior on the center-Left? The same ability to re-think irrational positions is evident in the immigration policies of the Danish Social Democrats. This suggest that, rather than failing, democracy points mass center-Left parties in a direction analogous to scientific hypothesis-testing.
I’m waiting to see if Labour TRULY reverses itself. But if American become more and more anti-semitic or anti-Israel, and starts favoring Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations, then we’ve certainly abandoned the founding principles of this nation. That’s what I see as “failure”.
Unfortunately, as European history and current situation shows, democracy can be only as good as its constituents.
I had never thought it possible that Hungary would fall to obscurantism – never.
I feel for Jewish folks. This choice certainly cant be easy.
Trump is literally running to stay out of jail, and will do everything he can to stay in power if he gets in. Harris for anyone concerned about whether US democracy survives in substance should be the only choice.
I think, and hope she is smart enough to realize how significant support is in the US for Israel. Bibi needs to be kicked the second its feasible and it was on his decisions and catering to his far right nutballs that left Israel unprepared for Oct 7 anyways.
Harris hopefully is smart enough to realize that cutting support for Israel should she get in will absolutely make her a one-term president. It would be actual political suicide. But, is she? Will she? She’s the best choice for the home front. But what about the only democracy in the NME?
I can only hope.
The Elder of Ziyon should advised to read Timothy Snyder’s latest post on his Substack site:
https://snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-hitlerian-month?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=310897&post_id=149565812&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=ks2c2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Thanks for the link, David. In contrast to most people here I have my problems with Timothy Snyder, as he tends to be manipulative/partisan in the way he presents his material, at least it appears so to me.
I read nevertheless and on balance I agree that Trump and his campaign pose a danger of a fascist or semifascist takeover, even though in the current US system, they would probably not succeed.
But Timothy Snyder did irk me, so forgive me if I give just two examples of his manipulative comparisons/double standards:
“In fascist Russia, for example, it is a criminal offense to say the wrong things about the Second World War.”
Perfectly true. But things aren’t any better in Ukraine, where, since 2015, it is a criminal offense to say anything negative about the Bandera fascists who wanted their independent Ukraine free of Poles and Jews and committed massacres on both of them, and also to say anything positive about the Soviet Union’s war effort against Hitler (not sure which year the latter was enacted). So is Ukraine fascist, too? He clearly doesn’t think so.
Next and final example: Trump wanting to deport migrants is likened to Hitler who deported 17 000 recent immigrants from Poland in the 1930s. What Snyder doesn’t say is that Obama deported the whopping number of 3,2 million illegals in his two terms. So was Obama Hitlerian, too?
Then he paints Trump, the most Israel-friendly president ever, as a dangerous antisemite, and this is where I left him
I read Ukrainian sites every day, and I regularly find there articles praising the Ukrainian contribution to the war effort against Hitler. Here is one:
https://www.ukrainer.net/world-war-ii/
The Far Right got about 2% of the vote at the last general election in Ukraine. Far right Putin got what? 70% or something?
Further, on various metrics, such as Jew hatred, Ukraine comes out far better than the countries surrounding it, Eastern Europe, and of course, Russia.
As for journalists and free speech, journalists get assassinated and thrown out of windows in Russia, rather than Ukraine.
Trying to equate Ukraine with the current Russian regime is ludicrous.
My point was precisely that Ukraine is not fascist, despite having laws similar to the one he cites from Russia.
I was clearly wrong about praising the SU’s war effort as illegal, having overinterpreted texts like the following, which however confirms that questioning Bandera is illegal:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/21/ukraine-bans-soviet-symbols-criminalises-sympathy-for-communism
To me both candidates are useless, especially in regards to the middle east and Israel . The Islamic regime of Iran is a huge threat to peace in the region. It is a threat to its own people. Especially women. It is a threat to us ( college campus and many other reasons) It is a threat to Israel. And neither candidate is helping this threat nor is the UN.
Biden just did what I saw as an idiotic move by giving Qatar visa free entrance into the USA. Why? no idea as It feels like a slap in the face to us Jews. Especially us Israeli Jews. As I ask Who funds some of our universities? Who is the home to Hamas leaders ? Who works with Iran? Who is the home to Al Jersa ? Who has the Muslim brother hood in its politics? That right Qatar. I ask is this the new face of the Democrats selling our soul to get a few votes? Or are they becoming like the Labor party in the UK.
I wish we had better candidates as I don’t feel great about either, however I will vote for Harris because
I can not vote for a man who runs politics like a cult and is so unhinged.
Trump to me is a bigger threat to us Jews in this country than Harris is . Especially With his latest statement about it will be the Jewish voters fault if he does not win. Huge red flag .
In an ideal world we would have better candidates. Especially a better Republican one.
But we have who we have and I have to choose between endangering Israel or woman health. Old school Antisemitism from the right or the New age antisemitism from the left , Protecting immigrants so families will not be separated again And so on and so on .
For the first time in my life I don’t want to vote either side as I see too many red flags with being Jewish to many reminders of pre Nazi Germany coming from both sides
However Trump is not protecting women health so I chose women health over being Jewish.
As I have a daughter who is at reproductive age. And since roe versus Wade too many have died when a medical abortion could of saved them because they lived in states were they were denied medical abortions to save them , some leaving behind children who are now motherless. So I choose Harris and hopefully my daughter will have the same reproductive rights I had at her age .
Thank you for your concern for women’s reproductive rights. I had an illegal abortion in the years before Roe v. Wade, and I have a horror story I won’t retell here. My sister had an illegal abortion back then and had a different horror story. A vote for Harris will, one hopes, help your daughter and other women to have the reproductive rights you had at her age. Boy oh boy, do those rights matter!
How exactly? I’m genuinely curious.
As a non-Jew and non-American (i.e., so take it for what it is worth … little), the quoted article (not Jerry!) comes across to me like a hatchet job by a Maga supporter to get Jews to vote for Trump or to not vote at all. No mention of the USA military and financial support, including a $8.7 billion package just announced? No mention of the antipathy the administration has had to bear from many countries and its own citizens for supporting Israel? The administration is not at liberty to act as though Israel is its sole concern either within the nation or around the world. Also seems to put the most perverse interpretation on some statements … for example, does “too many children have died” really mean that one accepts Hamas’s distorted statistics, whereas I and others who agree that children dying is indeed unfortunate interpret it as a condemnation of Hamas for its attack, the nature of its fortifications, and hiding behind civilians. Also unfortunate if Israeli-supporters come across as willing to throw Ukraine under the bus (tank treads?) given Trump’s seeming pro-Putin views. Israelis should identify with other countries that have hateful “neighbours” seeking their obliteration. Again, weigh this opinion by its source … non-Jew and non-American. Difficult times and difficult choices.
Jim, I agree with some of the points you make, but please, please don’t tell the Israeli people what they should or shouldn’t do…
Want more signs of political failing? We can add another founding principle: freedom of speech. Democrats have abandoned this in droves, with 70% now believing that the government should take steps to restrict false information online. (Scroll to the “partisan differences” in the below link.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/20/most-americans-favor-restrictions-on-false-information-violent-content-online/
In a way, I am glad to be in shoes like Jerry wears: my vote (lack of vote, write-in vote) won’t matter in my highly-skewed state. But, damn, I hate these choices. The problems with Trump are legion, but I believe the below are real, too. (The “I” in parentheticals is a dramatization and is not meant to represent, shame, badger, or mock any specific person who posts on this site.)
Leading Democrats now claim to support free speech but don’t believe that the First Amendment gives you the right to say hateful things or spread “misinformation.” (I am not a one-issue voter.)
Democrats used to be the party of the working class and now the Biden-voting counties represent 71% of GDP, the working class is flocking to the Right, and the educated elites of the Democratic party sneer at those (whites) without college degrees. (I am not a one-issue voter.)
The Democratic Party used to be an antiwar party and now it openly embraces Dick Cheney and those who gave us “enhanced interrogation,” overseas “black sites,” and the Iraq and Afghanistan debacles. (I am not a one-issue voter.)
The Democratic Party used to be wary of the Intelligence Community, and now they are its staunchest defender, even welcoming its involvement in our domestic elections and the fight against domestic “misinformation.” (I am not a one-issue voter.)
Leading Democrats used to defend the rights of women and children, and now they cheer men who defeat women on the athletic field, condemn as bigots anyone who thinks men shouldn’t share prison cells with women, and assail as vile haters and transphobes those who refuse to castrate our sons, sterilize our daughters, or pretend that one’s sex is whatever one wants it to be. (I am not a one-issue voter.)
The Democratic Party used to be defenders of due process and now they champion sham justice for male college students accused of sexual misconduct or assault. (I am not a one-issue voter.)
The Democratic Party used to be the Party opposing voter suppression, and this election cycle they have spent millions of dollars trying to keep their competitors off the ballot. (I am not a one-issue voter.)
The Democratic Party used to be a firm defender of Israel and of Jews. Now? (I am not a one-issue voter.)
The Democratic Party still supports abortion rights. (Okay, maybe I am a one-issue voter.)
I am curious how many people who came of political age during the Clinton era or earlier can still recognize the Democratic Party of their youth in the Party that now goes by that name.
I used to appreciate the libertarian aspects of the Democratic party, and their “thumb your nose at the establishment” ethos. Now they are the establishment, and seem to believe that in advancing the military and intelligence state while advocating to limit free speech that they are still on the side of angels. After the Bush years, the Cheney endorsement makes me question the whole D party of today and is pushing me away from Harris. Plus the fact that they welcomed the foreign interference in the election of Zelensky endorsing Harris troubles me. What would the reaction be if Bibi endorsed Trump?
On policy, I agree more with Trump than Harris. I strongly, hugely, disagree with the broad import tariffs he’s proposing, but since Democrats and unions have always supported protectionist policies, I see no light between Harris and him.
Trump’s a narcissist – yes, what politician isn’t and if a candidate doesn’t believe that they’re the best choice to run the country, they shouldn’t be running. I don’t believe he’s racist; he’ll accept people of any creed or color who suck up to him, and will equally criticize anyone who does not. He’s BS’er, but Biden was a liar (the “fine people” hoax got him elected) and that didn’t seem to bother any Democrat. He’s a womanizer, but so was Clinton and who knows how many other presidents. He can’t be a dictator as the Constitution won’t allow it and the populace is well armed.
I’m a multi issue voter, but not a personality voter. I have a genuinely difficult time reading emotion in people, and can’t understand how people become rabid fans of a sports team (I have no emotional feeling whatsoever to any of my alma maters’ or my hometown city’s teams) so maybe that’s why Trump doesn’t affect me like he does so many others.
Doug, your post is really good. One thing I take from it is that the abortion thing may be the way for people to justify voting for Harris in spite of all the other problems she has, a sort of confirmation bias that they can use as justification to pull the lever that they were going to pull anyway.
A tad off topic for this post but on subject:
Here is the IDF exploding Hodeida, Yemen, …. again. Today.
https://x.com/Osint613/status/1840399744427855890
This is quite a big deal.
What (I think) the Israelis are telegraphing to the Islamosphere is that, again (like a few months ago) “We can get you”.
And not to the Yeminis. Yemen is a failed state by any metric, far from Israel, a fly to be swatted ….with their sad Iranian 2nd hand drones launched at Tel Aviv and their (admittedly excellent) Houthi tiktoks: Dancing with swords on the decks of our Amazon bulk carriers. etc.
What Israel is saying – again – is that “We can go this far” because Hodeida, Yemen, is further from Israel than the IRANIAN oil ports of Kharg Island and Abadan. Hodeida is further from the IDF’s reach than Palestine Square in Tehran is.
And oil ports are everything to the Iranian dictatorship. You don’t need to be competent as a dictator, you don’t need to raise living standards… all you need is coercion and cash flow. The Ayatollahs have coercion but Israel is threatening their cash flow. Without those Yuan for oil from their commie puke friends in Beijing… well that’s the end of the “Islamic Republic” right there. Night night.
This in combination with Nasrallah’s recent ending, says to the rest of the anti-Israel maniacs: “We know where you live and we can kill you at any time. We can and will wreck you. We’ll wreck your proxies and destroy your economy because you need your ports and we will eff them from the sky at a moment of our choosing.” Which is a posture Israel needs to maintain against the forces of darkness allayed against it. In a way the, say, Americans, Australians, etc. don’t.
I’ve never seen psychological warfare work like this before and it is inspiring and amazing to me. I am in awe.
And this is quite new. Israel previously didn’t have the refueling capability or air-distance to effect things outside their immediate area. Now they do. “Look: Hodeida. Look on, ye Ayatollahs of Islam! Could be you.”
Expect to see a number of Pal-sympathizers, the “girls who aren’t doing well” on campus and international leftists chatter about “Hodeida is Yemen’s food port! War crime! Puppies and Doctor Kittens and babies killed.” etc. etc. They’ll reliably continue to beclown themselves for sure.
Oh. Wait! Has Corbin or Tlab or AOC, idiot Aussie Penny Wong given a comment yet? I’m enthralled by their forthcoming, collective wisdom!
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But Yemen made their bed, their jihad and this is the response.
So did Iran. Iranians are smart people – they realize this. Do their allah-obsessed leaders? How’s their paradise/earth calculation now I wonder.
D.A.
NYC
+1
Well said 👏👏
Sorry I wasn’t available for much of the day, and it took some time to read the long article, so my comment may be coming too late for today’s conversation.
Pessin’s piece is very strong. In some cases, he seems to lean toward the least charitable interpretation of Biden’s, or Harris’s, or Walz’s comments and actions, but I do think think that he is broadly on the right track.
The administration’s position on Israel has been full of ambiguity. This ambiguity has harmed Israel and has encouraged (or at least has failed to discourage) the spread of antisemitism, anti-Zionism (which often functions as a socially acceptable form of antisemitism), and the vile anti-Israel and anti-Jew protests that have exposed our previously great institutions of higher learning as propaganda mills and worse.
Harris’s and Walz’s statements and comments seem to promise a new administration that is at least as bad as the current one. I am not a one-issue voter, but my vote depends on my perception of character as much as on my perception on how the candidates, if elected, would act on the specific issues at hand. On the subject of character, Harris’s and Walz’s statements suggest that they don’t know right from wrong or, if they do, won’t call out publicly what they believe is right and what they believe is wrong. They are failing my test of character.
For me, your one brief sentence is the very most important: “…as the U.S. is sending weapons to Israel and not to Hamas.”
Biden applauded Nasrallah’s demise.