When it comes to Joe Biden and the Democrats, it’s always about their own power and control. If allies get in the way, then too bad for them.
Biden and the Democrats know they are in trouble in the upcoming election. One of the reasons why — and there are many — is that the left of their party wants a ceasefire in Gaza.
It looks like Biden is now caving to the left and throwing Israel under the bus in a big way.
The Biden administration is reportedly taking its goal of a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war to the U.N. Security Council as early as Tuesday.
The administration is said to have proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution which in part would call for a temporary cease-fire and call on Israel not to go into Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
According to Reuters, the U.S. text states in part that it “determines that under current circumstances a major ground offensive into Rafah would result in further harm to civilians and their further displacement including potentially into neighboring countries.”
So much for having the back of an ally. Biden has shown by this move that we can’t be counted on as an ally, just like he showed our allies in Afghanistan when he left the people who helped us behind to the mercy of the Taliban.
Such a move is also calling for giving Hamas — who killed Americans and is holding American hostages — the opportunity to survive to continue their terrorism, Former Trump NSC official Richard Goldberg exclaimed. “The United States should be vetoing pro-Hamas resolutions, not proposing them,” he said. “This is a complete betrayal of U.S. interests and values.”
Going to the UN is a double betrayal, given how anti-Israel the U.N. is.
The decision is Israel’s. Nothing the U.N. says can stop them if they stick to their guns, but this is trying to twist their arm in a very public way.
“The world must know and Hamas leaders must know if our hostages are not home by Ramadan, the fighting will continue and expand to Rafah,” said Benny Gantz, an Israeli security cabinet member and leader of the opposition party. Ramadan starts on March 11.
On Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the decision was one Israel would take on its own: “Hamas is left with marginal [forces] in the central camps and with the Rafah Brigade, and what stands between them and a complete collapse as a military system is a decision by the IDF.”
Gallant said during a prior media briefing last week, “There were 24 regional battalions in Gaza – we have dismantled 18 of them.”
So Joe Biden is throwing a lifeline to Hamas, in a truly insane move, just as Israel is about to crush them. But while they are likely doing this to salve the anger of the left, it’s not clear it will get them those votes. Meanwhile, it will lose them votes in the middle and from supporters of Israel. It will also send a big signal to our allies like Taiwan and others, that just like with Afghanistan, Joe Biden can’t be counted on.
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