The Democratic Party still tries to posture itself as a reliable ally for Israel, but its leaders continue to assert that Israel must not just accept terrorists trying to kill its civilians every day but must reward them for it.
The unavoidable, undeniable reality in Gaza is that the territory is run by antisemitic, genocidal terrorists who slaughtered some 1,200 Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and would happily do so again if given the opportunity. This is the position of Hamas and is supported by the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
And yet, the Biden administration wants Israel to back down completely. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who believes the world must roll over for terrorists at every opportunity, told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that there is no military solution to Hamas, meaning there is no solution to Hamas because there is no reasoning or negotiating with genocidal terrorists.
Not only that, but Biden officials are telling Israel that whenever this military operation ends (which they want to pressure Israel into ending already), it must end with the establishment of a Palestinian state. Hamas slaughters 1,200 civilians and promises to continue to do it to the cheers of the Palestinians it rules over, and President Joe Biden and his team want to award them with their own state. Senate Democrats, including Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), are among those pressuring Israel to reward Hamas for its slaughter.
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There are no good options for Israel, as my colleague Tom Rogan has detailed. But the reality is that the status quo is unacceptable. Israel should not be expected to live under the constant threat of terrorists determined to erase the country from the map and slaughter all of its civilians. If that was all Democrats wanted, it would already be inexcusable. That they are demanding mercy for the terrorists who perpetrated the Oct. 7 attack and repeated stabbings, shootings, and missile barrages and arguing that they must actually be rewarded with their own state from which to continue these terrorist assaults is outright ridiculous.
This is how Biden and other prominent Democrats are continuing to undermine moral support for Israel while trying to present themselves as allies. They are almost demanding that Israel accept terrorism as a pillar of its daily life, something no country should ever be forced to accept.