Queens Jewish Link
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Rather than warning Israel against excessive aggression, U.S. President Joe Biden should be emphasizing the evils of antisemitism.
(March 12, 2024 / JNS) U.S. President Joe Biden devoted his Ramadan greeting this year to the “terrible suffering” of the Palestinians and the “appalling resurgence” of Islamophobia in the United States.
(March 12, 2024 / FLAME) “Gaza health authorities say Israeli fire kills 104 waiting for aid”—Reuters, Feb. 29, 2024
This headline—an unsubstantiated lie—exemplifies how the media mislead millions of readers into believing that the Israel Defense Forces is a brutal, vengeful army that disregards the lives of innocent civilians caught in the current conflict in the Gaza Strip.
For months, Israel supporters have looked at the Biden administration’s tentative support for Israel with hope that the president would not cave to his extremist leftist base like he has on nearly every other issue. The idea was that if the Jewish community thanked Joe Biden enough, it would be appreciated. That hope was premature, because nothing matters more to Biden than the electoral math that will decide his fate in November.
Before the first Israeli troops entered Gaza in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas attack that killed more than 1,400 people, there were calls for ceasefire on the streets, social media, and in political forums. Until last month, the call was voiced by opponents of Israel who have no interest in the security, let alone existence, of the Jewish state.
The recent explosion of Jewish pride, engagement, excitement, and passion at the CTeen Havdalah ceremony in Times Square brought the age-old question: What is the secret of Chabad? to the front of people’s minds.
Late Sunday, news broke that an active-duty US Airman lit himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. He shouted “Free Palestine” and “I will no longer be complicit in genocide” as he burned. His act of violence amid what is obviously severe mental illness should be viewed as a tragedy, yet it is celebrated by Hamas supporters who want to see Israel’s destruction, claiming that this is a great moment for their cause. More than that, this is the natural conclusion of a society that uses the mental illness of others for political gain.
