Over the weekend, former President Donald Trump held a large rally at the Jersey Shore, attended by tens of thousands of supporters. Among the topics Trump covered in his speech was President Joe Biden's threat to cut off offensive military aid to Israel if the Jewish state invades Rafah to clear out Hamas' final stronghold in Gaza. That decision, which has drawn bipartisan criticism, was loudly booed by the crowd as Trump described the policy as "one of the worst betrayals of an American ally in the history of country," and evidence of Biden being a "weak and pathetic president." Trump vowed to support Israel in its fight against the terrorists, and said the attack and war wouldn't have happened if he'd been in the White House:
Biden "announced he will withhold shipping weapons to Israel as they fight to eradicate Hamas terrorists in Gaza... I support Israel's right to win its war on terror. Is that OK? I don't know if that's good or bad politically. I don't care. Gotta do what's right."
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) May 11, 2024
-- Trump pic.twitter.com/3yMy5feNNg
And yes, the crowd was as advertised and quite impressive for six months out from an election -- even if holding a New Jersey event is a bit puzzling:
America is choosing its fighter pic.twitter.com/vq32vNNFw6
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) May 12, 2024
In any case, supporting Israel is actually good politics in addition to good, moral policy -- as Trump likely understands. The American public heavily favors the Israeli's in their war against the genocidal jihadists who attacked them last fall. Biden keeps pandering to the loud "pro-Palestinian" and pro-Hamas fringe, due to their perceived electoral influence in a place like battleground Michigan. Eighty percent of the electorate is on the other, correct side of the issue. Biden's handlers are now claiming the president has supposedly decided that Israel can't destroy Hamas by attacking their remaining military units in Rafah. Setting aside Biden's historically poor judgment about, well, nearly every foreign policy issue he's encountered, the administration had previously explicitly endorsed the elimination of Hamas after October 7th. A flip-flop against rooting a vicious terror organization, as they actively hold Americans hostage. Appalling:
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WH’s Jake Sullivan on ABC News re: Biden’s warning to Israel:
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) May 12, 2024
“That's not to say that he is going to abandon Israel or cut them off from weapons. He was focused on a particular operation that he doesn't believe will succeed in defeating Hamas and that will cause grievous harm.” pic.twitter.com/hpDDqlLlNJ
Team Biden can pretend this is about military strategy or humanitarian concerns (Hamas keeps stealing aid, attacking aid corridors, and hiding behind civilians), but it's really about a domestic political calculation. I think it's a miscalculation, because far more voters support Israel and the anti-Israel crowd implacably calls Biden "Genocide Joe," but he keeps chasing their votes anyway -- even going so far as to sell out a key ally mid-war. A scandal. A disgrace.
Israel should do what it must, over the appalling, selfish objections of this feeble shell of a man — who deserves to lose the campaign he’s betraying an ally to try to salvage. https://t.co/L7SVSYBfXn
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 11, 2024
These are not the actions of a reckless military, deliberately putting civilians in harm's way. As has always been the case with Israel's operations -- which are unprecedented in their avoidance of collateral damage -- this is the opposite of what a "genocide" looks like, as the Biden administration well knows:
A new field hospital was established and began operating in the area of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. This was done in coordination with @cogatonline to increase humanitarian aid efforts and ensure aid reaches the Gazan civilians that were relocated from eastern Rafah.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 11, 2024
The… pic.twitter.com/mIICqHdHqt
Evacuation leaflets fall in Rafah. The Israeli military said earlier today that it was expanding the evacuation zone of certain areas in Rafah. pic.twitter.com/hzj1AzvQKG
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) May 11, 2024
This, however, is genocidal:
The reason Israeli children aren’t regularly killed in these attacks is Israel invested significant $ in shelters and defensive weapons to protect them. Every Israeli child has grown up being used to regularly running to bomb shelters.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) May 10, 2024
The gov’t of Gaza spent 0 $ on shelters… https://t.co/yqHfCjtkCN
Finish them, regardless of what this weak, craven president might say. Our adversaries ignore his "don't" admonitions. Unfortunately, now our allies must, too. What an embarrassment. Maybe 2024 Joe Biden should have a conversation with 2006 Joe Biden:
Extraordinary 2006 video (found by @phillyrich1) of Senator Biden discussing (responding to @SharylAttkisson) the proper reaction when civilians are hurt when Israel must fight Hezbollah or Hamas https://t.co/fbQTKLBXgH pic.twitter.com/NojEyqRaSR
— David Shor (@DYShor) May 10, 2024
I'll leave you with this:
So Biden is now withholding military aid AND valuable intelligence from the Israelis during their war against genocidal terrorists who murdered a bunch of Americans & are still holding American hostages. Surreal. https://t.co/fUk8LeWPdt
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) May 12, 2024
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