Following Hamas’s brutal attack in Israel on October 7, United States officials signaled their country’s ironclad support of Israel. In an emotional address, President Joe Biden expressed a genuine abhorrence of Hamas atrocities and his conviction that Israel is fighting against modern barbarians – the enemies of Western civilization.

The Biden administration has promised to stand by Israel in this conflict, including providing the necessary equipment.

Furthermore, a US air carrier is in the Eastern Mediterranean. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan explained that the warship is there not to deal with Hamas but “to send a clear message of deterrence to other states or non-state actors that might seek to widen this war.”

Israelis savor the unequivocal American support for its war on Hamas. Biden’s long-standing and evident friendship with the Jewish State is warming Israeli hearts. All polls show that most Americans (over two-thirds) support Israel.

Less pleasant to Israeli ears is the reluctance of the Biden administration to blame Iran for the tragic events along the Gaza border. Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to acknowledge an Iranian role in the attack, even though more evidence of clear links to Tehran is being presented in the American media.

HOW IS IRAN BEHIND HAMAS’S ACTIONS ON THE GAZA BORDER?

Hamas would not exist without the support of Iran, which has regularly sent funds to support it. Tehran trained the Hamas terrorists, smuggled weapons into the Gaza Strip, and transferred the technology needed to build a local industry capable of producing missiles. And those are the missiles that are launched against Israel’s population centers.

Iran and its proxies Hamas and Hezbollah met in September in Lebanon. The subject on the agenda was coordinating activities against Israel. More evidence is showing up on Iran’s involvement in planning the Hamas attack.

Washington’s deliberate blind eye to Iran’s mischief in the region – even when its naval ships were harassed by vessels of the Iranian Islamic Guards – amounts to ostrich-like behavior.

American efforts to dissuade Iran and Hezbollah from joining the fray are helping Israel, indeed. However, they also serve the purpose of saving the tacit nuclear deal with Iran that Washington foolishly still pursues.

How can Biden continue tangoing with Iran if this entity is an accomplice to barbarian genocidal acts? Hamas was declared an enemy of humanity. Does not the sponsor of Hamas deserve that same epithet?

The only recipe for a more peaceful Middle East is for the US to attack Iran’s nuclear infrastructure – or give Israel all it needs to do it.

Without such understanding, the US will be viewed in the Middle East and elsewhere as a paper tiger.