Thank you, President Biden. So far, the current
administration has deterred Hezbollah and Iran from launching a major attack
against Israel, allowing the IDF to focus on Hamas Gaza. The US has already
airlifted armaments needed to replenish our stocks and pursue the war, and it will ask Congress for a
supplemental military aid package so that Israel can purchase weapons from the
US.
On Wednesday, the president will make an unprecedented wartime
visit to our country, displaying courage and steadfastness. Military
coordination (two aircraft carriers), financial support, diplomatic backing (blocking
a Putin-Russian resolution at the Security Council yesterday that would have
called for an immediate ceasefire, which would be to the advantage of Hamas), and
his personal presence
Keep in mind Secretary of State Blinken is not only here but
took part in a war cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was just here.
He met Israeli leaders face-to-face to “underscore the unwavering support of
the US for the people of Israel and commitment to ensuring Israel has what it
needs to defend itself.”
This support buys Israel the time to prepare appropriately for the
next stage of the war.
Assuming the administration stays the course – Biden will go
down in history as the most pro-Israel president. In my book, the only
pro-Israel president in history (but that’s for another time).
I think we are about to drop in the polls again – I take this as a good thing. Had the 10/7 Hamas attack cascaded into an all-out defeat for Israel and the
butchery of its population, I am confident that every Holocaust museum in the
world would have built an annex to memorialize “another six million” or so dead
Jews. I would rather crush Hamas, deter future Palestinian Arab aggression, and
emerge victorious from this war than be dead and sympathetically memorialized.
Here are some polls put out by Gallup today.
The satanic, hard-to-kill Hamas mastermind responsible for the
deaths of more Jews than any other anti-semite since WWII is not a household
name. Here, in Hebrew, is a background brief about Mohammed
Diab Ibrahim Masri, AKA Mohammed Deif, presented by Yoni ben Menachem, the veteran
Arab affairs expert.
How to follow events in Israel in English - Beyond relying on the major outlets (discerningly, I pray), my go-to source for Israeli news in English is the Times of Israel.
Haaretz (a post-Zionist publication with some fine Philo-Zionist writers and good original reporting) and The Jerusalem Post (an annoying website, though good reporters and editors doing their best) are sensible back-ups. On TV, i24 is worth checking. Look for Calev Ben David's program.
Prayer for our soldiers ...
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I am open to running your criticism if it is not ad hominem. I prefer praise, though.