Amit Segal 'slaughters' Biden and reminds us who loves us more than we love ourselves

November 22, 2024   

President Joe Biden describes himself as "a lover of Israel." But is that really the case? Senior political commentator Amit Segal attacks today (Friday), in his weekly column in Yedioth Ahronoth, the conduct of the president and his administration - and accuses him of acting to prevent Israel from achieving a decisive victory in the war. "When he is freed from electoral considerations, the real Joe Biden is revealed," Segal writes. "The 46th president was the man who constantly limited Israel in its actions in Gaza and Lebanon in order to prevent an international crisis, but now he is arming Ukraine with permission to fire American missiles into Russian territory, while bringing the continent to threats of using nuclear weapons. Instead of dealing with the nuclear threat from Tehran, he is creating a nuclear threat from Moscow. "In the same breath, instead of removing the gloves that were worn on Israel in its fight against Hamas and Hezbollah, he prefers to impose sanctions on more and more Israeli entities, and his administration is already considering a resolution in the Security Council that would endanger Israeli soldiers." Segal notes that "Ret. Col. Giora Eiland rightly said that American policy led to the murder of hostages, since humanitarian aid kept Hamas alive and kicking and did not force it to make concessions. It could be added that the vicious delay in supplying D-9 bulldozers is leading to the deaths of soldiers in Gaza and Lebanon inside houses that have become death traps." The commentator adds that "Biden defines himself as a lover of Israel, but his love and that of his administration has often been platonic. In terms of results, he delayed action in Rafah, thwarted the cleansing of the northern Gaza Strip, and halted the humanitarian blockade on the Gaza Strip that brought about the first hostage deal a year ago. In Lebanon, he stopped and prevented. "The argument between Netanyahu and Gallant, part of which was reported this week by the Prime Minister from the Knesset stage, reflects the Americans' desire to be veto players in the Israeli cabinet. One hand provided billions of dollars in aid and the other ensured that it would not lead to a decisive victory." On the other hand, Segal shines a spotlight on Israel's true friends: "Israel does not choose the world's leaders, but the least it can do is internalize who is a true friend, who is a friend sometimes, and who is not a friend. Two weeks ago, it finally dawned on even the last Israelis that the strong man in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders, is not the extreme anti-Semite they have made him out to be here for years, but rather a lover of Israel who fights anti-Semitism. "Argentina currently has a president who loves us more than most of us do: Javier Millay fired a foreign minister who voted 'not like Israel' and swore in his successor after a Torah reading to you (unlike some of our ministers, he doesn't need a social media person to write to him)." The commentator criticized the Prime Minister's Office: "The fact that there is no open line, that there is almost no attention here to his tremendous support, that the Prime Minister has not visited Argentina, is very unfortunate. We do not have the privilege of cold shoulders with so few outstretched hands.".