Israel, as Netanyahu has said, is going through its second war of independence. Since that fateful Saturday, when more than a thousand Hamas terrorists entered southern Israel from Gaza to rape, incinerate, behead and kidnap civilians, the world has been divided in two.
On the one hand, there are those who blame Israel for defending itself, protecting its integrity, seeking justice and fighting for its survival. And on the other are those who accompany Israel in this second war of independence.
This Manichaeism was perfectly illustrated on October 27 when the countries of the United Nations voted on a resolution proposed by Jordan, which demanded a ceasefire on the terrorist group Hamas and condemnation of Israel's right to defense.
Not a surprise, but still outrageous, the resolution obtained 120 votes in favor, 45 abstentions and only 14 against. Of course, countries like Afghanistan, controlled by the Taliban terrorist group, the Iranian terrorist autocracy, the Chinese regime, Putin's Russia, and the left-wing authoritarians in Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, voted in favor.
Israel received support from Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Fiji, Guatemala, Hungary, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Papua, Paraguay, Tonga, and the United States. Countries such as Australia, Albania, Canada, Finland, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea and Uruguay abstained.
Of all the countries that supported Israel, it is imperative to recognize, above all, the leadership that the United States has had in the international community in favor of the Jewish State.
It is paradoxical because Joe Biden was Barack Obama's vice president — who promoted the nuclear agreements with Iran, allowed the free growth and development of Hezbollah and looked aside at the penetration of the ayatollah regime in Latin America.
Biden, who must deal with a Democratic Party infiltrated by Islamic terrorism apologists like Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, decided from the first Israeli assassination carried out by Hamas to side with the Jewish State, even in those discussions where the media, in full, promoted Palestinian propaganda and distorted the reality of Gaza.
Proof of this is that Biden is not at all happy with the New York Times for its manipulation of the coverage of the explosion that occurred in a Gaza hospital a few days ago. According to a Semafor report, Biden told several Wall Street executives at the White House early last week that the Times' coverage was "reckless" and "irresponsible."
In fact, when the hospital explosion occurred, and the terrorist group Hamas came out to blame Israel—and all the media echoed the false accusation—the United States sided with Israel and, after investigations and reviewing the facts, it was determined that the missile had left Palestine. Washington never singled out Israel (or the terrorists) without first verifying.
Just before the war began, Biden gave a speech at the White House in which he said that the United States "will ensure that Israel is able to defend itself today, tomorrow, as we have always done." In parallel, the president decided to send aircraft carriers, ships and fighter planes to the Mediterranean Sea and stated in another speech: "We will never stop supporting Israel."
The United States has intercepted attacks against Israel and has also provided resources, deterrence, and full diplomatic support. Additionally, on October 18, the United States decided to impose sanctions on "key members of Hamas" and "agents or persons involved in the financing" of the terrorist group.
Because of his unrestricted support for Israel, Biden's popularity among Arab Americans has quickly fallen, according to a survey by the Arab American Institute. The poll recorded that support for Biden among the 3.7 million Arabs in the United States has suffered "a dramatic nosedive": from 59% in 2020 to 17% today.
It is the first time in the 26 years since the Arab American Institute has been conducting polls that the majority of Arabs in the United States do not support the Democratic Party—nor, indeed, the Republican Party.
"Biden reiterated that Israel has every right and responsibility to defend its citizens from terrorism," read a statement yesterday, in a call that the president of the United States had with the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
And Benjamin Netanyahu, the main leader of the Israeli right and still very close to former President Donald Trump, has not stopped acknowledging his support for Biden.
In early October, Netanyahu thanked Biden for his "unconditional support" and, several days later, praised him for "unprecedented cooperation, for his support and for moral clarity."
Biden visited Israel in mid-October, and missiles did not stop raining on Tel Aviv or the south of the country. And, as part of that visit, Netanyahu told him in person: "I want to thank you for coming today and for the unequivocal support you have given us during these very difficult times."
"We have seen your support every day in the breadth and depth of cooperation we have had since this war began," he told Biden.
Although Biden's support for Israel will not fix the mess of the Afghanistan disaster or his complicity with the Obama administration, which suited Iran so well, it would be unfair not to recognize that, in a world subject to the duality of enemies and friends of Israel, the president of the United States has made it clear which side he is on. Since most of the world today has decided to bow in the face of terrorism, Biden, at this moment, is a fortunate exception.
