I think you hit on one of the most fundamental issues with this divide — the Arabs unfortunately have not ever demonstrated a belief in, much less conviction for, the ideals that Americans hold as paramount. There are no examples of Arab nations that have freedom of religion or freedom of speech or freedom of the press. There are no Arab nations that espouse equal rights for people of different races or women. And of course equal rights for LGBTQ+ are worse than nonexistent. For Israel’s entire existence, curbs have been put on support for Israel due to the maneuverings of the Cold War and need for Middle East oil. The Cold War is thankfully over (although many of these know-nothing protestors and college populations seem to want to bring it back) and our dependence on foreign oil should be lessening. While we can, and should, support self-determination as consistent with American values, it cannot be at the expense of another people’s — a people that is the most loyal to the US of any on the globe. The Palestinians have regretfully never demonstrated any sincere interest in living side-by-side with the Jewish state. Just saying it won’t make it so. Nearly a decade of fostering a belief that the Arabs simply had to wait out the Jews will take a long time to undo, if even possible.
Fakestinians are an utter fraud. Claiming ancient ancestral ties to the land denies prophesy, it was a desolation and no there was no ancient thriving nation of Palestine.
Noted Jew Hater and Atheist Mark Twain expressed utter shock and dismay at how precisely the pre Zionist land reflected Prophesy, a barren wilderness in which Twain travelled days at a time without seeing a single human soul of any ethnicity.
The fraud is made obvious by looking at Fakestinian surnames, which reveal their actual ethnicity.
One example you can probably appreciate immediately is Al-Tikriti, which identifies the bearer as a member of Saddam Hussein's clan, based in Tikrit,Iraq.
John said "Noted Jew Hater and Atheist Mark Twain ..."
What? If you search for "Mark Twain antisemitism", the results will contain several references to "Mark Twain's philosemitism". You don't have to trust me; here is the introduction to a video on the subject at "My Jewish Learning":
"Despite criticism from his contemporaries, American novelist Mark Twain was deeply interested in the plights and successes of the Jewish people. Twain wrote essays about the status of Jews in America, and stood up to anti-semitism (and defended other marginalized Americans) though his defenses of Jews often included stereotypes. Learn more about Twain’s admiration of the Jewish people and his contentious writings [in the video]" https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-hub/mark-twain-and-the-jews/
Now there is some academic analysis of the essay which argues that the qualities Twain assigns to Jews and considers praiseworthy could be taken by others as reasons for hating Jews. This means only that Twain - by our standards more than a century later - displayed a certain intellectual clumsiness in his attempts. Even so, how can this possibly be twisted into "noted Jew hater Mark Twain"?
What are your plans for future comments? Maybe you can tell us about "the noted Jew-Hater Emile Zola" or "the raving antisemite Irena Sendler"?
Same thing about his attitude towards blacks. It was thought in my days of school that he was a racist but I never got that. I believe and this is 60 ish years ago I found that he anonymously paid the tuition for the first black student at Yale. I went so far as to too try and find evidence of that at Hollins College outside of Richmond Virginia I really don’t remember anymore but I became convinced that Sam Clemens was definitely not racist.
I have to say that I agree with you on this topic. The Democratic Party left the Jews behind after Obama took office. This is a man who grew up admiring Louis Farrakhan and listening to his anti Jewish rhetoric for years. I am also perplexed by the pursuit of an Iran Doctrine that had no connection with reality . Why was this policy allowed to continue considering the murderous intent of the Iranian government still leaves me baffled. I believe American Jews should pull their money from the Democratic Party instead of supporting a political party that wants your brethren dead.
I live in greater NY. While my information is purely anecdotal, many of my Jewish friends — who are traditionally moderate to a tad left of center — are having real qualms about how to vote this year. I don’t think it will be enough to swing NY to the GOP nominee, at least not if it’s Trump but who knows.
Support for Israel requires a belief in western values and the right of a country to self-defense. These are no longer beliefs one can assume Americans believe in.
I have never been a one-issue voter and I won't become one now. Biden is actually one of the best presidents we've had in a long time. I do not fear his wishy-washy stance on Israel right now because I know the USA cannot afford to lose Israel as an ally. No politician is ever 100% aligned with my views on the issues anyway. We cannot vote for the other just because of this.
There is no way that Trump or any other Republican at this point, will EVER get my vote. They stand against every value I have as an American. They are anti-American, against democracy and free will, and basically trying to lead us into a fascist dictatorship. I cannot fathom how any one with one once of morals can even consider voting for them right now. And don't be fooled by their supposed support of Israel! They have embraced right-wing Nazi fringe groups like the Proud Boys who would love to see us in the ovens just as much as Islamist Jihadists.
Biden or any other Dem will have my vote. No buts, ifs, or whens.
Critique of Biden’s decisions or policies is not an endorsement for another party or person, or his opponent. I think it’s critical to not conflate the two.
Let’s demand that the Jew Hating squad members are a least primaried. There should be active protests at each of their offices. I noticed in my local paper this morning that the new Jew hating member Summer Lee is trying to walk back her appearance as a Jew hater. She needs unofficied asap pure poison.
DP seems like a nice guy, but he doesn’t have the experience or a compelling story.
While nothing is guaranteed this November, Trump is now reminding the electorate who is and what he stands for. And a e know the more he’s in the news, the less people like him (e.g., getting kicked off Twitter actually helped his image!).
Finally, I appreciate that Biden is an impossible political position. I think he’s actually being as supportive of Israel as he can without losing the left flank. Sure, I *wish* he could come out with more forceful support, but at the end of the day I find him to be simply realistic.
I would love to see him lose the left flank and then prevail because the only thing keeping me from supporting him is his pandering to the extreme left wing of the democrat party. I wonder how many like me there are. I abhor Trump personally but I sure did appreciate his policies and cabinet.
Funny but you describe the Dems excellently: hey are anti-American, against democracy and free will, and basically trying to lead us into a fascist dictatorship. It was the Dems who created a huge censorship system, perhaps rigged the elections and are certainly anti-American in all their policies. I will be voting for Bobby Kennedy or Trump.
There's a lot about Jan 6 that is not being reported by the msm so I am not convinced. Take a look at things Hillary Clinton said after she lost to Trump. She certainly did question the election. I also don't find Biden's sense of "morality" to be to my liking.
Biden is by far the worst, most disgusting criminal ever in the White House.
He was very definitely not legally elected and there is not nearly enough grey area to hide behind.
His current, entirely inappropriate interference in the internal affairs of Russia is not as nonsensical as it appears.
Far from being any sort of Freedom Fighter, Navalny was a Soros agent, working to destroy Russia just as Soros has done to Western Europe and the USA, following Putin kicking all the demonic NGOs plaguing America out of Russia, which liberation Biden would provide if he were not a dedicated Luciferian.
China Joe is responsible for getting China into the World Trade Organization and decimating American industry and transferring that wealth and power to our only enemy capable of fulfilling Prophesy with a million man army.
His illegal murderous Death Jab Mandate, which he acknowledged was illegal as he issued it, utterly devastated our country and our economy.
He is wasting our substance as fast as he can, and desperately trying to refill his Ukrainian slush fund and has RINOS in Congress conspiring to make Open Borders permanent while pretending to give Republicans " what they demanded" with a ridiculous bill that enshrines this devastation permanently.
He has never been capable of his duties, even pre election his behavior was so bizarre they had to restrain him and keep him in the basement save for a few half hearted rallies attended by Looney Lefties sitting in their cars and making fools of themselves with cacaphony of honking horns.
He is an inveterate liar like his father Lucifer, and he tells the same looney lies after they have been publically debunked.
His administration manipulates economic reports to present a false rosy view of the economy he has gutted, by changing parameters to produce a falsified report.
Obama did similar, using the inflated value of private home ownership weighting to claim zero inflation while driving the price of gasoline from one dollar per gallon to four dollars a gallon with the inevitable inflation across the board from stratospheric fuel costs.
In this way, the great hero of the po' folk managed the rare feat of attainng zero cost of living increase
for Social Security recipients.
JoeBama also re started the Murder Bombers financing which Trump had rightly cut, obligated us back into the Marxist Paris Climate Accords, which Trump had rightly pulled us out of, and rejoined the criminal WHO and is presently conspiring to sign over our soverignty to that criminal organization to enable further decimation of our population via more mRNA faux vaccines for diseases cooked up in US government labs hidden around the world, including Biden's honeypot, Ukraine.
Calling the despicable rodent Biden good and denigrating Trump is a textbook example of calling evil good and good evil.
Agree with you Nina. Trump sanctioned this kind of hate-filled language, sentiment and extremist thinking which has been so destructive to our society.
So, you support killing Americans with a Department of Defense developed weapon disguised as a vaccine in direct violation , devastating the economy, killing thousands with something that was never a vaccine to begin with and all the other myriad evil Biden has done, ignoring that decades of public dishonesty cost him two Presidential Campaigns prior to the one he stole, who masquerades as an Irishman and Catholic when the date of his male line ancestor's arrival in Ireland is known quantity as is his ethnicity, which is British.
As to female lines, Biden has a total of one authentic Irish line, the rest of them being descendants of the Normans who conquered the Irish with brutal horror, who's daughter's authenticated diary discussed how she feels showering with Joe led to her unbridled promiscuity, who inappropriately touches children on camera, in front of God and the whole world, who traitorously gave our enemy Afghanistan Billions of dollars of military equipment while leaving American citizens behind to sink or swim?
I’m reading comments and I can’t believe you people are so stuck along party lines! Can’t you think a little outside of the box? I always had problem with republican stupid abortion stance but Democrat’s latest stance on Israel is disgusting!Who are you kidding? If you look back 45 years of Biden in politics, he always was a sell out and a liar. He was the only senator to vote against bailing out of our Vietnamese allies then and he did same with Afghanis. He is consistent in his beliefs! He’s selling out Israel right now. Obama is running the show and he is the worst friend Israel ever had!!! Starting with appeasing Iranian regime-Yes, regime! Because during so called Arab spring he chose not to notice Iranian fight against Ayatollahs. And continuing with not keeping his promises on “the red line” in Syria and loosing grounds to Putin there. Israel became very vulnerable and had to kiss up to Putin, who in turn is now biggest friend to Iran, got emboldened by America weakness and felt he can attack Ukraine!
Biden helped Putin by closing our Keystone and lifting sanctions off of Putin’s and keeping oil prices high. That’s how he can afford his war in Ukraine. Biden opened our boarders to gangs, drugs and TERRORIST!
All of it was done to incorporate ultra left “squad” to win elections in 2020. By any means! Now we don’t have Democratic Party, it morphed into what we got now on our hands: Ultra Woke, anti-American, Antisemitic, illegals-against-Americans bunch.
How about Abraham Accord?! That was triumphant FIRST win in the region EVER! Saudis were ready to sign but Biden didn’t want to give kudos to Trump. Is that pro-America? If you look at big picture that’s pro-Iran, pro-Chinese, pro-Russia! And definitely anti Israel and anti peace in the Middle East!
No way can Trump be trusted to do right by our allies. Just ask the Kurds. He was happy to do lip service to the Israeli cause when Netanyahu was on his good side; that's no longer the case and he never drops a grudge.
Yes, it is about Trump. Trump had Neo Nazis on his cabinet. He encouraged, emboldened and exploited far Right domestic terrorists. You got to miss the 4 years he was in charge. As much as Biden is kissing the ass of Arab voters, Trump kisses the ass of far Right militias, and Putin, which I’m sure you know stands on the side of the Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah axis.
Fairly put. I understand your position, you want Biden to do better, show some loyalty and some backbone. So do I. Its just that our options are so very limited, and both Democrat and Republican parties know it.
The trouble is...the Trumpist Republican Party can no longer be relied on to support embattled democratic nations - whether Israel or Ukraine - fighting against authoritarianism and terrorism. While I completely agree with your criticisms of today's Democratic Party, at least in rhetorical terms Biden's response to the pogrom of October 7th was clear and forthright, whereas Trump's was all over the place. Will Israelis still see the Republicans as reliable allies if a Trump second term turns out to be as isolationist as it promises to be?
I don’t think you’re right that Biden will lose this election. Trump, and the GOP in general, seem intent on shooting themselves in the foot at every turn. In fact, all the GOP has to do to have this in the bag is to nominate Haley. But they have become a cult with Trump as their leader.
Couldn't you say the same about the Dems? All the Dems have to do to have this in the bag is to nominate someone who isn't 81 years old? Biden recently said, "50 different Democrats could beat Trump." But the Dems are sticking with someone who will turn 82 years old two weeks after the election.
It's 100% true the dems are not doing themselves any favors by going down this path. Biden is possibly the only democratic candidate who *might* lose to Trump. Personally, I cannot bring myself to vote for either man at this point. Biden has been a terrible president and I don't think he's up for the job, in addition to what you've written in this article. Trump, on the other hand, is so incredibly narcissistic and volatile that literally anything can happen if he wins again. For example, would he support Israel? I believe the entire range of possibilities is in play from being a staunch supporter regardless of Europe and the UN to being much worse than Biden. He's just completely unpredictable on every single issue. But the question here is not how I feel, but the mood of the electorate and specifically of independents. Trump has lost independents. That is why I think he will lose.
From the British side of the pond we look at America and their choice for next president. One is clearly showing signs of senility and the other is showing signs of insanity. What a choice you guys have.
Here we have a mayoral election in London this may. The incumbent, Sadiq Khan (Labour), is Muslim and while he may play the anti racist song he's very much supported by his Muslim brethren. He's very unpopular because of his hatred of motorists dressed up in punitive climate taxation.
At some point later this year we have a general election. The conservatives have been in power for 14 years and seem universally hated even by those of us on the right of centre of politics. Incompetent. Corrupt and just generally useless. They have been infected by woke policies with punitive taxes. Everything is broken here from the health service to roads, rail, cost of living crisis and their inability to control immigration and deport this who have no rights to be here. Their only saving grace is their staunch support for Israel that hasn't appeared to waiver even if Prince William has broken protocol and suggested "too many have died in Gaza"
On the other side of the house we have Labour and Kier Starmer. A party in waiting. He's done some excellent work in removing the open anti Semitic MPs from the party. The vast majority were hard left socialists bordering on Marxists. But there's still a rump of Muslim MPs who have bristled at his refusal to call for a cease fire in Gaza. Voting Labour will not improve things. Far from it. The so called moderates will be pushed aside and replaced with hard-left, Jew hating Marxists and anti-Zionists.
Last week our Parliament was seriously undermined because Labour MPs were apparently threatened with physical violence by their Muslim constitients if they didn't vote for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Not that it would have made much difference in Israel.
These hate groups care not one jot about the suffering of their fellow Muslims in Sudan, Iran, Syria or China. There are certainly no marches every week in support of them
Joshua, your proposed speech that Biden should give is spot on.
Where I differ is in your eliding past the threat that Netanyahu poses. He is not, as you state, "mostly center-right." As you yourself also acknowledge, his government is extreme right -- and who assembled that government and is now beholden to it? Netanyahu has governed accordingly and, is neither center-right or extreme right; he is "what's right"--for Netanyahu.
Virtually whole state of Israel agrees with Netanyahu. There is no left off left or what ever left you propose! Go move to Israel and I’ll ask after couple of months, you spoiled brats!
It would be helpful if the Democrats would run a viable candidate for office. Where are the democratic candidates for the presidency? We are not going to win an election with Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Get Joseph Kennedy III to run or someone with some integrity
You should research Clinton ally Robert Kennedy Jr.
I don't know if that's who you meant, but virtually every part of his platform is directly opposed to his long held, publically stated beliefs, and he seems to be a complete fraud.
Electing another Demonrat at this point would perfectly exemplify expecting a different result from the same repeatedly failed course.
From what I see in the comments are party people who are so adamant about their choice for president and so stuck in party allegiance that no one will listen to anything that might be good about the other's candidate. My perspective is that the US is in trouble if Biden and Trump are the choices we have to vote for in the upcoming election. It is rather pathetic that there are so few established, honest, and competent people given to us as a choice. And I don't want to hear about Healy, Newsom, Phillips, Kennedy. They're still party people and the parties have morphed as far away from their origins as ever. In good conscience, I couldn't vote for either or any of the other choices. So do I vote the best of the worst? I don't think so. Most politicians speak vacuous words with little substance and say what they think the citizens want to hear. They never supply details as to how they're going to make their miracles happen, but it sounds good, or so they think. Couple that with the cowardice we now see displayed by our politicians and you have a bad combination. Promises that are never fulfilled and too cowardly to do what's right. Whoever wins this election, I don't see anything good coming from it. Not a pessimist, just a realist.
Affirmative Action is just the beginning of the Marxist Party masquerading as Democrats.
Institutionalized Faggotry is a Marxist " Democrat" goal prioritized today .
Though RINOs are a perpetual problem, in contrasting the stated and self evident precepts and goals only the Democrats are actively seeking the destruction of the USA and Israel.
It's not just Jews under the gun, it's white people generally, and there is a reason for that.
Despite the unpopularity of the Ten Lost Tribes concept, we all know Judah and Israel were separate Kingdoms, and suffered separate banishments.
Then there are prophesies unfulfilled by Judah/" Israel", but clearly fulfilled by the UK/USA, such as control of the world's seagates, Suez, Panama, Gibraltar etc and the subsequent loss of those seagates for disobedience, leading up to "Armegeddon".
Then there are all the scriptures addressed to " The People of the Isles", and we all know there are no Islands in Israel.
Finally, look around you. Things are clearly shaping up in such a way that it will be the US/UK/Israel against the world.
It may be very hard to conceive of the UK as an ally, but within the concept of Israelism, the UK is considered to be Joseph, who was Prophesied as a bull, dominating the world with it's horns.
If that's not the UK, I could not guess who it might be.
American Jew Hate is suicidal, apart from God's wrath.
Naaaah, if Biden was really as bad as you criticize him for being, the US would have gone along with the most recent Security Council resolution rather than vetoing it. I think you underestimate how much anti-Israel public opinion is in the US right now and how courageous it is to push back. You are way too critical. I’m with Biden.
Probably the latter, but of course it’s much more PC to think anti-Israel =/= anti-Semitic, especially when prominent Jews like Peter Beinart or Norman Finkelstein provide cover for that distinction.
Agree with you Jack. I haven't heard Breinbart speak but I did listen to Finklestein the other day. What a rabid hater of Israel! And unfortunately he gets alot of views/support. Speaking of self-hating Jews! Do people like Finklestein actually think they would be spared should another holocaust occur?? Does their terror run so deep that they would so speak against their own people? I really found him repulsive. Douglas Murray refuses to do an interview with him. I can now understand why.
You are calling an act of heroism the fact that Biden not going along with the likes of CCP, Russia and islamists of the world? We would then all have to wrap ourselves in schrods and start crawling to cemetery!!!
I agree with Nina's comment above. While I am NOT happy with Biden's increasingly wishy washy stance on Israel (at least publicly so as to appease voters), another Trump presidency would be a total disaster for this country. Trump, who admires dictators like Putin- just gave Putin the ok to "do whatever he wants" with NATO allies who don't pay enough for defense! Isolation of our allies is extremely dangerous for our own defense against countries like Russia, North Korea and China- as well as our allies' defense. And I trust Trump's support for Israel as far as I can throw him! The man has real serious psychopathology and can turn on a dime. I realize that criticizing Biden does not mean your support for Trump, Joshua, but it essentially WILL mean a vote for Trump. While I can no longer side with the crazy left-wing antisemitic liberals who are completely ignorant of Middle Eastern history and have taken this WOKE ideology to the extreme, I cannot in good faith ever vote for someone like Trump or some of those off-the-wall Republicans who support people like Tucker Carlson who do not represent many of my values. (Carlson's outrageous interview with Putin showed Tucker's total ignorance and disdain for this country). As for the American people, how did we get to this point where so many Americans actually support people like Trump who admire dictators who poison and imprison their political opponents? We have so devolved as a society- it's quite depressing frankly.
Whataboutism is a side show for the main point of this essay. Talking about someone else’s missteps doesn’t make Biden’s any less worrisome or disastrous. Let’s deal with who we have today in office and not who we might (or might not) have in the future.
The Democrats need to grow a pair and while I am very frustrated with them right now, I do not agree that another Biden presidency would be disastrous- not in the same way a Trump presidency would be. But we can agree to disagree on this one.
You are contradicting yourself in every word! So you think Biden has hidden agenda because he is so smart and wavering as a politician and when Trump does it he’s a Putin lover? Who cares what he says? We should care what he does! Who hit Russians in Syria and Putin swallowed it. Who managed to make America energy independent and dropped oil prices and made Putin poor? Who kept Kim in his hole and got Americans out of No.Korea? Who made Europeans pay their fair share? Who was well on his way to close our boarders by following our laws? Now we have Venezuela gangsters beating on our cops and not being deported!!!
I think you hit on one of the most fundamental issues with this divide — the Arabs unfortunately have not ever demonstrated a belief in, much less conviction for, the ideals that Americans hold as paramount. There are no examples of Arab nations that have freedom of religion or freedom of speech or freedom of the press. There are no Arab nations that espouse equal rights for people of different races or women. And of course equal rights for LGBTQ+ are worse than nonexistent. For Israel’s entire existence, curbs have been put on support for Israel due to the maneuverings of the Cold War and need for Middle East oil. The Cold War is thankfully over (although many of these know-nothing protestors and college populations seem to want to bring it back) and our dependence on foreign oil should be lessening. While we can, and should, support self-determination as consistent with American values, it cannot be at the expense of another people’s — a people that is the most loyal to the US of any on the globe. The Palestinians have regretfully never demonstrated any sincere interest in living side-by-side with the Jewish state. Just saying it won’t make it so. Nearly a decade of fostering a belief that the Arabs simply had to wait out the Jews will take a long time to undo, if even possible.
Very well said!!
Fakestinians are an utter fraud. Claiming ancient ancestral ties to the land denies prophesy, it was a desolation and no there was no ancient thriving nation of Palestine.
Noted Jew Hater and Atheist Mark Twain expressed utter shock and dismay at how precisely the pre Zionist land reflected Prophesy, a barren wilderness in which Twain travelled days at a time without seeing a single human soul of any ethnicity.
The fraud is made obvious by looking at Fakestinian surnames, which reveal their actual ethnicity.
One example you can probably appreciate immediately is Al-Tikriti, which identifies the bearer as a member of Saddam Hussein's clan, based in Tikrit,Iraq.
Notably, there is no Al-Palestini clan...
John said "Noted Jew Hater and Atheist Mark Twain ..."
What? If you search for "Mark Twain antisemitism", the results will contain several references to "Mark Twain's philosemitism". You don't have to trust me; here is the introduction to a video on the subject at "My Jewish Learning":
"Despite criticism from his contemporaries, American novelist Mark Twain was deeply interested in the plights and successes of the Jewish people. Twain wrote essays about the status of Jews in America, and stood up to anti-semitism (and defended other marginalized Americans) though his defenses of Jews often included stereotypes. Learn more about Twain’s admiration of the Jewish people and his contentious writings [in the video]" https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-hub/mark-twain-and-the-jews/
Now there is some academic analysis of the essay which argues that the qualities Twain assigns to Jews and considers praiseworthy could be taken by others as reasons for hating Jews. This means only that Twain - by our standards more than a century later - displayed a certain intellectual clumsiness in his attempts. Even so, how can this possibly be twisted into "noted Jew hater Mark Twain"?
What are your plans for future comments? Maybe you can tell us about "the noted Jew-Hater Emile Zola" or "the raving antisemite Irena Sendler"?
Same thing about his attitude towards blacks. It was thought in my days of school that he was a racist but I never got that. I believe and this is 60 ish years ago I found that he anonymously paid the tuition for the first black student at Yale. I went so far as to too try and find evidence of that at Hollins College outside of Richmond Virginia I really don’t remember anymore but I became convinced that Sam Clemens was definitely not racist.
You’re correct about a lot but not about Samuel Clemens or Mark Twain there you are way wrong.
I have to say that I agree with you on this topic. The Democratic Party left the Jews behind after Obama took office. This is a man who grew up admiring Louis Farrakhan and listening to his anti Jewish rhetoric for years. I am also perplexed by the pursuit of an Iran Doctrine that had no connection with reality . Why was this policy allowed to continue considering the murderous intent of the Iranian government still leaves me baffled. I believe American Jews should pull their money from the Democratic Party instead of supporting a political party that wants your brethren dead.
Obama a well camouflaged Jew hater.
Sometimes not so camouflaged
He hid pretty well behind Rahm Emmanuel and Axelrod to name 2 apikoros that come to mind.
Yes he did. If you remember Rahm left pretty quickly
Shocking polls out of New York showed an increase in Republican support by Jews. I was surprised but maybe they're waking up.
I live in greater NY. While my information is purely anecdotal, many of my Jewish friends — who are traditionally moderate to a tad left of center — are having real qualms about how to vote this year. I don’t think it will be enough to swing NY to the GOP nominee, at least not if it’s Trump but who knows.
Support for Israel requires a belief in western values and the right of a country to self-defense. These are no longer beliefs one can assume Americans believe in.
Many Americans, I agree.
I have never been a one-issue voter and I won't become one now. Biden is actually one of the best presidents we've had in a long time. I do not fear his wishy-washy stance on Israel right now because I know the USA cannot afford to lose Israel as an ally. No politician is ever 100% aligned with my views on the issues anyway. We cannot vote for the other just because of this.
There is no way that Trump or any other Republican at this point, will EVER get my vote. They stand against every value I have as an American. They are anti-American, against democracy and free will, and basically trying to lead us into a fascist dictatorship. I cannot fathom how any one with one once of morals can even consider voting for them right now. And don't be fooled by their supposed support of Israel! They have embraced right-wing Nazi fringe groups like the Proud Boys who would love to see us in the ovens just as much as Islamist Jihadists.
Biden or any other Dem will have my vote. No buts, ifs, or whens.
Critique of Biden’s decisions or policies is not an endorsement for another party or person, or his opponent. I think it’s critical to not conflate the two.
What about Dean Phillips?
Voting 3rd party at the federal level is a waste of vote, and in this case, is like voting for Trump.
So let’s demand more and better of Biden then.
Absolutely. The problem of the Democratic Party is the progressive wing, and progressive staffers, not Biden’s brand of liberal politics.
Let’s demand that the Jew Hating squad members are a least primaried. There should be active protests at each of their offices. I noticed in my local paper this morning that the new Jew hating member Summer Lee is trying to walk back her appearance as a Jew hater. She needs unofficied asap pure poison.
DP seems like a nice guy, but he doesn’t have the experience or a compelling story.
While nothing is guaranteed this November, Trump is now reminding the electorate who is and what he stands for. And a e know the more he’s in the news, the less people like him (e.g., getting kicked off Twitter actually helped his image!).
Finally, I appreciate that Biden is an impossible political position. I think he’s actually being as supportive of Israel as he can without losing the left flank. Sure, I *wish* he could come out with more forceful support, but at the end of the day I find him to be simply realistic.
I would love to see him lose the left flank and then prevail because the only thing keeping me from supporting him is his pandering to the extreme left wing of the democrat party. I wonder how many like me there are. I abhor Trump personally but I sure did appreciate his policies and cabinet.
Funny but you describe the Dems excellently: hey are anti-American, against democracy and free will, and basically trying to lead us into a fascist dictatorship. It was the Dems who created a huge censorship system, perhaps rigged the elections and are certainly anti-American in all their policies. I will be voting for Bobby Kennedy or Trump.
The Dems didn't try to overthrow the government. Dems gracefully concede when they lose. Like I said, morals
There's a lot about Jan 6 that is not being reported by the msm so I am not convinced. Take a look at things Hillary Clinton said after she lost to Trump. She certainly did question the election. I also don't find Biden's sense of "morality" to be to my liking.
Hillary gave one of the most gracious concession speeches in history …
Biden is by far the worst, most disgusting criminal ever in the White House.
He was very definitely not legally elected and there is not nearly enough grey area to hide behind.
His current, entirely inappropriate interference in the internal affairs of Russia is not as nonsensical as it appears.
Far from being any sort of Freedom Fighter, Navalny was a Soros agent, working to destroy Russia just as Soros has done to Western Europe and the USA, following Putin kicking all the demonic NGOs plaguing America out of Russia, which liberation Biden would provide if he were not a dedicated Luciferian.
China Joe is responsible for getting China into the World Trade Organization and decimating American industry and transferring that wealth and power to our only enemy capable of fulfilling Prophesy with a million man army.
His illegal murderous Death Jab Mandate, which he acknowledged was illegal as he issued it, utterly devastated our country and our economy.
He is wasting our substance as fast as he can, and desperately trying to refill his Ukrainian slush fund and has RINOS in Congress conspiring to make Open Borders permanent while pretending to give Republicans " what they demanded" with a ridiculous bill that enshrines this devastation permanently.
He has never been capable of his duties, even pre election his behavior was so bizarre they had to restrain him and keep him in the basement save for a few half hearted rallies attended by Looney Lefties sitting in their cars and making fools of themselves with cacaphony of honking horns.
He is an inveterate liar like his father Lucifer, and he tells the same looney lies after they have been publically debunked.
His administration manipulates economic reports to present a false rosy view of the economy he has gutted, by changing parameters to produce a falsified report.
Obama did similar, using the inflated value of private home ownership weighting to claim zero inflation while driving the price of gasoline from one dollar per gallon to four dollars a gallon with the inevitable inflation across the board from stratospheric fuel costs.
In this way, the great hero of the po' folk managed the rare feat of attainng zero cost of living increase
for Social Security recipients.
JoeBama also re started the Murder Bombers financing which Trump had rightly cut, obligated us back into the Marxist Paris Climate Accords, which Trump had rightly pulled us out of, and rejoined the criminal WHO and is presently conspiring to sign over our soverignty to that criminal organization to enable further decimation of our population via more mRNA faux vaccines for diseases cooked up in US government labs hidden around the world, including Biden's honeypot, Ukraine.
Calling the despicable rodent Biden good and denigrating Trump is a textbook example of calling evil good and good evil.
Comments like this is EXACTLY why we cannot afford to vote for Trump.
Agree with you Nina. Trump sanctioned this kind of hate-filled language, sentiment and extremist thinking which has been so destructive to our society.
So, you support killing Americans with a Department of Defense developed weapon disguised as a vaccine in direct violation , devastating the economy, killing thousands with something that was never a vaccine to begin with and all the other myriad evil Biden has done, ignoring that decades of public dishonesty cost him two Presidential Campaigns prior to the one he stole, who masquerades as an Irishman and Catholic when the date of his male line ancestor's arrival in Ireland is known quantity as is his ethnicity, which is British.
As to female lines, Biden has a total of one authentic Irish line, the rest of them being descendants of the Normans who conquered the Irish with brutal horror, who's daughter's authenticated diary discussed how she feels showering with Joe led to her unbridled promiscuity, who inappropriately touches children on camera, in front of God and the whole world, who traitorously gave our enemy Afghanistan Billions of dollars of military equipment while leaving American citizens behind to sink or swim?
Face it, you like Joe, are a Malevolent Spirit.
At least be honest with yourself.
I’m reading comments and I can’t believe you people are so stuck along party lines! Can’t you think a little outside of the box? I always had problem with republican stupid abortion stance but Democrat’s latest stance on Israel is disgusting!Who are you kidding? If you look back 45 years of Biden in politics, he always was a sell out and a liar. He was the only senator to vote against bailing out of our Vietnamese allies then and he did same with Afghanis. He is consistent in his beliefs! He’s selling out Israel right now. Obama is running the show and he is the worst friend Israel ever had!!! Starting with appeasing Iranian regime-Yes, regime! Because during so called Arab spring he chose not to notice Iranian fight against Ayatollahs. And continuing with not keeping his promises on “the red line” in Syria and loosing grounds to Putin there. Israel became very vulnerable and had to kiss up to Putin, who in turn is now biggest friend to Iran, got emboldened by America weakness and felt he can attack Ukraine!
Biden helped Putin by closing our Keystone and lifting sanctions off of Putin’s and keeping oil prices high. That’s how he can afford his war in Ukraine. Biden opened our boarders to gangs, drugs and TERRORIST!
All of it was done to incorporate ultra left “squad” to win elections in 2020. By any means! Now we don’t have Democratic Party, it morphed into what we got now on our hands: Ultra Woke, anti-American, Antisemitic, illegals-against-Americans bunch.
Agree with the vast majority of this.
How about Abraham Accord?! That was triumphant FIRST win in the region EVER! Saudis were ready to sign but Biden didn’t want to give kudos to Trump. Is that pro-America? If you look at big picture that’s pro-Iran, pro-Chinese, pro-Russia! And definitely anti Israel and anti peace in the Middle East!
No way can Trump be trusted to do right by our allies. Just ask the Kurds. He was happy to do lip service to the Israeli cause when Netanyahu was on his good side; that's no longer the case and he never drops a grudge.
This isn’t about Trump. It’s about Biden. He is allowing fringe groups to dictate the Democrats’ policies and it’s becoming a major issue.
Yes, it is about Trump. Trump had Neo Nazis on his cabinet. He encouraged, emboldened and exploited far Right domestic terrorists. You got to miss the 4 years he was in charge. As much as Biden is kissing the ass of Arab voters, Trump kisses the ass of far Right militias, and Putin, which I’m sure you know stands on the side of the Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah axis.
Agree Arrr Bee!
Fairly put. I understand your position, you want Biden to do better, show some loyalty and some backbone. So do I. Its just that our options are so very limited, and both Democrat and Republican parties know it.
The trouble is...the Trumpist Republican Party can no longer be relied on to support embattled democratic nations - whether Israel or Ukraine - fighting against authoritarianism and terrorism. While I completely agree with your criticisms of today's Democratic Party, at least in rhetorical terms Biden's response to the pogrom of October 7th was clear and forthright, whereas Trump's was all over the place. Will Israelis still see the Republicans as reliable allies if a Trump second term turns out to be as isolationist as it promises to be?
I don’t think you’re right that Biden will lose this election. Trump, and the GOP in general, seem intent on shooting themselves in the foot at every turn. In fact, all the GOP has to do to have this in the bag is to nominate Haley. But they have become a cult with Trump as their leader.
Couldn't you say the same about the Dems? All the Dems have to do to have this in the bag is to nominate someone who isn't 81 years old? Biden recently said, "50 different Democrats could beat Trump." But the Dems are sticking with someone who will turn 82 years old two weeks after the election.
It's 100% true the dems are not doing themselves any favors by going down this path. Biden is possibly the only democratic candidate who *might* lose to Trump. Personally, I cannot bring myself to vote for either man at this point. Biden has been a terrible president and I don't think he's up for the job, in addition to what you've written in this article. Trump, on the other hand, is so incredibly narcissistic and volatile that literally anything can happen if he wins again. For example, would he support Israel? I believe the entire range of possibilities is in play from being a staunch supporter regardless of Europe and the UN to being much worse than Biden. He's just completely unpredictable on every single issue. But the question here is not how I feel, but the mood of the electorate and specifically of independents. Trump has lost independents. That is why I think he will lose.
From the British side of the pond we look at America and their choice for next president. One is clearly showing signs of senility and the other is showing signs of insanity. What a choice you guys have.
Here we have a mayoral election in London this may. The incumbent, Sadiq Khan (Labour), is Muslim and while he may play the anti racist song he's very much supported by his Muslim brethren. He's very unpopular because of his hatred of motorists dressed up in punitive climate taxation.
At some point later this year we have a general election. The conservatives have been in power for 14 years and seem universally hated even by those of us on the right of centre of politics. Incompetent. Corrupt and just generally useless. They have been infected by woke policies with punitive taxes. Everything is broken here from the health service to roads, rail, cost of living crisis and their inability to control immigration and deport this who have no rights to be here. Their only saving grace is their staunch support for Israel that hasn't appeared to waiver even if Prince William has broken protocol and suggested "too many have died in Gaza"
On the other side of the house we have Labour and Kier Starmer. A party in waiting. He's done some excellent work in removing the open anti Semitic MPs from the party. The vast majority were hard left socialists bordering on Marxists. But there's still a rump of Muslim MPs who have bristled at his refusal to call for a cease fire in Gaza. Voting Labour will not improve things. Far from it. The so called moderates will be pushed aside and replaced with hard-left, Jew hating Marxists and anti-Zionists.
Last week our Parliament was seriously undermined because Labour MPs were apparently threatened with physical violence by their Muslim constitients if they didn't vote for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Not that it would have made much difference in Israel.
These hate groups care not one jot about the suffering of their fellow Muslims in Sudan, Iran, Syria or China. There are certainly no marches every week in support of them
Joshua, your proposed speech that Biden should give is spot on.
Where I differ is in your eliding past the threat that Netanyahu poses. He is not, as you state, "mostly center-right." As you yourself also acknowledge, his government is extreme right -- and who assembled that government and is now beholden to it? Netanyahu has governed accordingly and, is neither center-right or extreme right; he is "what's right"--for Netanyahu.
Virtually whole state of Israel agrees with Netanyahu. There is no left off left or what ever left you propose! Go move to Israel and I’ll ask after couple of months, you spoiled brats!
It would be helpful if the Democrats would run a viable candidate for office. Where are the democratic candidates for the presidency? We are not going to win an election with Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Get Joseph Kennedy III to run or someone with some integrity
You should research Clinton ally Robert Kennedy Jr.
I don't know if that's who you meant, but virtually every part of his platform is directly opposed to his long held, publically stated beliefs, and he seems to be a complete fraud.
Electing another Demonrat at this point would perfectly exemplify expecting a different result from the same repeatedly failed course.
From what I see in the comments are party people who are so adamant about their choice for president and so stuck in party allegiance that no one will listen to anything that might be good about the other's candidate. My perspective is that the US is in trouble if Biden and Trump are the choices we have to vote for in the upcoming election. It is rather pathetic that there are so few established, honest, and competent people given to us as a choice. And I don't want to hear about Healy, Newsom, Phillips, Kennedy. They're still party people and the parties have morphed as far away from their origins as ever. In good conscience, I couldn't vote for either or any of the other choices. So do I vote the best of the worst? I don't think so. Most politicians speak vacuous words with little substance and say what they think the citizens want to hear. They never supply details as to how they're going to make their miracles happen, but it sounds good, or so they think. Couple that with the cowardice we now see displayed by our politicians and you have a bad combination. Promises that are never fulfilled and too cowardly to do what's right. Whoever wins this election, I don't see anything good coming from it. Not a pessimist, just a realist.
Perfectly stated.
The actual Democratic Party died with JFK.
Affirmative Action is just the beginning of the Marxist Party masquerading as Democrats.
Institutionalized Faggotry is a Marxist " Democrat" goal prioritized today .
Though RINOs are a perpetual problem, in contrasting the stated and self evident precepts and goals only the Democrats are actively seeking the destruction of the USA and Israel.
It's not just Jews under the gun, it's white people generally, and there is a reason for that.
Despite the unpopularity of the Ten Lost Tribes concept, we all know Judah and Israel were separate Kingdoms, and suffered separate banishments.
Then there are prophesies unfulfilled by Judah/" Israel", but clearly fulfilled by the UK/USA, such as control of the world's seagates, Suez, Panama, Gibraltar etc and the subsequent loss of those seagates for disobedience, leading up to "Armegeddon".
Then there are all the scriptures addressed to " The People of the Isles", and we all know there are no Islands in Israel.
Finally, look around you. Things are clearly shaping up in such a way that it will be the US/UK/Israel against the world.
It may be very hard to conceive of the UK as an ally, but within the concept of Israelism, the UK is considered to be Joseph, who was Prophesied as a bull, dominating the world with it's horns.
If that's not the UK, I could not guess who it might be.
American Jew Hate is suicidal, apart from God's wrath.
Naaaah, if Biden was really as bad as you criticize him for being, the US would have gone along with the most recent Security Council resolution rather than vetoing it. I think you underestimate how much anti-Israel public opinion is in the US right now and how courageous it is to push back. You are way too critical. I’m with Biden.
Anti-Israel public opinion? Or anti-Jewish public opinion disguised at “anti-Israel” public opinion for politically correctness?
Probably the latter, but of course it’s much more PC to think anti-Israel =/= anti-Semitic, especially when prominent Jews like Peter Beinart or Norman Finkelstein provide cover for that distinction.
So let’s demand Biden’s administration not indulge Jew haters, just as we demand that of the republicans on their side.
Agree with you Jack. I haven't heard Breinbart speak but I did listen to Finklestein the other day. What a rabid hater of Israel! And unfortunately he gets alot of views/support. Speaking of self-hating Jews! Do people like Finklestein actually think they would be spared should another holocaust occur?? Does their terror run so deep that they would so speak against their own people? I really found him repulsive. Douglas Murray refuses to do an interview with him. I can now understand why.
You are calling an act of heroism the fact that Biden not going along with the likes of CCP, Russia and islamists of the world? We would then all have to wrap ourselves in schrods and start crawling to cemetery!!!
I agree with Nina's comment above. While I am NOT happy with Biden's increasingly wishy washy stance on Israel (at least publicly so as to appease voters), another Trump presidency would be a total disaster for this country. Trump, who admires dictators like Putin- just gave Putin the ok to "do whatever he wants" with NATO allies who don't pay enough for defense! Isolation of our allies is extremely dangerous for our own defense against countries like Russia, North Korea and China- as well as our allies' defense. And I trust Trump's support for Israel as far as I can throw him! The man has real serious psychopathology and can turn on a dime. I realize that criticizing Biden does not mean your support for Trump, Joshua, but it essentially WILL mean a vote for Trump. While I can no longer side with the crazy left-wing antisemitic liberals who are completely ignorant of Middle Eastern history and have taken this WOKE ideology to the extreme, I cannot in good faith ever vote for someone like Trump or some of those off-the-wall Republicans who support people like Tucker Carlson who do not represent many of my values. (Carlson's outrageous interview with Putin showed Tucker's total ignorance and disdain for this country). As for the American people, how did we get to this point where so many Americans actually support people like Trump who admire dictators who poison and imprison their political opponents? We have so devolved as a society- it's quite depressing frankly.
Whataboutism is a side show for the main point of this essay. Talking about someone else’s missteps doesn’t make Biden’s any less worrisome or disastrous. Let’s deal with who we have today in office and not who we might (or might not) have in the future.
The Democrats need to grow a pair and while I am very frustrated with them right now, I do not agree that another Biden presidency would be disastrous- not in the same way a Trump presidency would be. But we can agree to disagree on this one.
You are contradicting yourself in every word! So you think Biden has hidden agenda because he is so smart and wavering as a politician and when Trump does it he’s a Putin lover? Who cares what he says? We should care what he does! Who hit Russians in Syria and Putin swallowed it. Who managed to make America energy independent and dropped oil prices and made Putin poor? Who kept Kim in his hole and got Americans out of No.Korea? Who made Europeans pay their fair share? Who was well on his way to close our boarders by following our laws? Now we have Venezuela gangsters beating on our cops and not being deported!!!
Who was supplying Hamas with Billions? We all did!