New Blog Post: Kamala Harris' Dismal Take on Israel-Palestine https://t.co/lzztcRRBI0 pic.twitter.com/3glehHstsO
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) November 9, 2020
Israeli army destroys Palestinian village in Jordan Valley
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The Manchurian Candidate - Does Anyone Know What the Hell Biden is Talking About? - Kamala Harris: "A Harris Administration" - My Secret Life - Manchurian Candidates Only Do What They Are InstructedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took his time, waiting until well after other world leaders had recognized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the victors.
But finally, on Sunday, Netanyahu joined the club.
"Joe, we've had a long and warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel," Netanyahu wrote in a tweet addressing President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris.
"I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the US and Israel."
Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. Joe, we've had a long & warm personal relationship for nearly 40 years, and I know you as a great friend of Israel. I look forward to working with both of you to further strengthen the special alliance between the U.S. and Israel.
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) November 8, 2020
But Netanyahu is right about Biden's unconditional, career-long commitment to Israel.
Back in 1986, Biden told the Senate that Israel is "the best $3 billion investment we make."
"Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect our interests in the region," Biden asserted.
It's a theme he returns to time and again.
"Israel is the single greatest strength America has in the Middle East," Biden told an interviewer in 2007.
"When I was a young senator, I'd say, 'If I were a Jew I'd be a Zionist,'" Biden added. "I am a Zionist, you don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist."
Lovers' quarrel
Biden's love for Israel has survived everything that has been thrown at it. This includes the public humiliation Netanyahu's government inflicted on Biden in 2010, when he was vice president.
Israel apparently timed the announcement of a new colony in occupied East Jerusalem specifically to embarrass Biden, who was visiting Israel in an effort to advance the Obama administration’s “peace” efforts.
Obama had been urging Israel to pause settlement construction to give the initiative a chance.
Yet the lovers' quarrel was quickly forgotten.
Israel went on to build almost as many settlement homes on occupied Palestinian land during the Obama years as it did during the George W. Bush administration.
Not only that, but as Israel killed an average of 11 children per day during its summer 2014 assault on Gaza, the Obama-Biden administration resupplied Israel with munitions.
True friends don't let friends run out of missiles when they are bombing an impoverished, defenseless refugee population caged in a ghetto.
During its 51-day assault, Israel killed more than 2,200 Palestinians.
The Obama-Biden administration sprung into action to thwart Palestinians from seeking justice for Israeli war crimes at the International Criminal Court.
Anyone hoping for something different this time around should prepare for quick disappointment.
Biden adopts Trump policies
Biden has already endorsed some of Trump's signature pro-Israel policies.
He has welcomed the normalization deals the Trump administration brokered between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Biden has pledged not to move the US embassy from Jerusalem back to Tel Aviv.
Today I met with Senator @KamalaHarris of California. We discussed the potential for deepening cooperation in water management, agriculture, cyber security, and more. I expressed my deep appreciation for America's commitment to Israel's security. 🇮🇱🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/L5qdcgwWG0
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) November 20, 2017
In a pre-election interview, Kamala Harris pledged that the Biden administration would restore humanitarian aid for Palestinians cut by Trump, and re-open the US consulate in East Jerusalem.
Restoring aid to East Jerusalem's hospitals or the refugee agency UNRWA would be welcome – to the extent that it actually helps Palestinians in need.
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