Despite his claims of being pro-Israel, President Biden has a lengthy history of threatening to withhold money from Israel in the midst of its self-defense wars
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As Israel continues to fight for its life, (self-proclaimed “Pro-Israel”) President Biden declared that he will be preventing delivery of smart bombs to Israel because the IDF has entered Rafah, the last stronghold held by Hamas. The Israeli security establishment views this operation as crucial to defeating the group that carried out the worst genocide against the Jewish people since Nazi Germany. Furthermore, as per recent reports, the Biden administration is also withholding vital intelligence it has accumulated regarding the location of terrorists’ tunnels and information about hiding spots of terrorists who led the October 7 attacks. He has informed the Jewish State that his administration will share the information only in the event that Israel terminates the operation. Although this might seem strange coming from a man describing himself as “Israel’s best friend” and a “Zionist,” the truth is that Biden has been conducting himself in this manner for decades!
Benjamin Netanyahu is not the first Israeli Prime Minister that Biden blackmailed about aid during wartime. In 1982, in order to drive out the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) that established a state within a state in southern Lebanon and was using its base to fire missiles at residents of Northern Israel while carrying out terrorist attacks against Israelis and Westerners abroad, then-Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin launched Operation Peace for the Galilee.
During a meeting between Prime Minister Begin and the Senate Foreign Relations committee, then Senator Biden (D-DE) threatened to remove military aid from Israel. At the time, Israel was significantly more dependent on US funding and support than they are today. Refusing to give up Israel’s security, Begin gave Biden a stern response: “Don’t threaten us with cutting off your aid. It will not work. I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history. Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it. We fought for it. We died for it. We will stand by our principles. We will defend them. And, when necessary, we will die for them again, with or without your aid.”
Those in attendance said that after Biden was contradicted, he banged his fist aggressively on the desk, to which Begin reprimanded him, saying: “This desk is designed for writing, not for fists. Don’t threaten us with slashing aid. Do you think that because the US lends us money it is entitled to impose on us what we must do? We are grateful for the assistance we have received, but we are not to be threatened. I am a proud Jew. Three thousand years of culture are behind me, and you will not frighten me with threats. Take note: we do not want a single soldier of yours to die for us.”
After the meeting, Senator Moynihan (D-NY) approached Begin and thanked him for his response to Biden. In the end, Biden was unable to muster enough support to cut off aid to Israel and the PLO was successfully expelled from southern Lebanon.
Similar to Menachem Begin, it appears that current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to operate to destroy Hamas’ last stronghold. In what appears to be a response against Biden’s threats, the Prime Minister said:
“I say to the leaders of the world — no amount of pressure, no decision from any international forum, will stop Israel from defending itself. If Israel is forced to stand alone, Israel will stand alone. Countless decent people around the world support our just cause. We will defeat our genocidal enemies. Never again is now.”
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