The Biden administration and leftist groups insist that Israel paveג the way for Palestinian sovereignty. But broad support for anti-Jewish terrorism explains why it’s a non-starter.
In his initial phone conversation with new Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, to congratulate him and the rest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on taking office, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed two contradictory messages.
As his boss, President Joe Biden, has done in the last two years, Blinken assured that the administration was committed to Israel’s security and the alliance with Washington. He also paid lip service to a desire to “advance mutual interests,” including Israel’s further integration into the Middle East and a need to address the threat of a nuclear Iran—two points on which Biden’s policies have actually undermined the Jewish state’s interests.
He then got to the real purpose of the call: to “emphasize the continued U.S. commitment to a two-state solution and opposition to policies that endanger its viability.”
This is more than opposition to the presence of Jews in the heart of their historical homeland in Judea and Samaria, or to Jewish rights in all of Jerusalem, including its holy places, such as the Temple Mount.
It’s a policy mindset that further empowers forces like Hamas and the supposedly “moderate” Palestinian Authority, the ultimate aim of which is the destruction of, not coexistence with, Israel.