Senior Obama natl security official @brhodes has a NYT editorial on Biden & Gaza, full of odd claims abt the war, and plenty of tropes abt Jewish money & Israel keeping the Dems from winning elections and perfecting the world.
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Rhodes: Biden gave Bibi 'unconditional support' to give the US leverage over him.
An odd claim. Biden held up key arms shipments & the Rafah operation for months. He lost leverage as his WH turned more on Isr.
Trump got to a Gaza ceasefire bc of his embrace of Isr
2/11
An odd claim. Biden held up key arms shipments & the Rafah operation for months. He lost leverage as his WH turned more on Isr.
Trump got to a Gaza ceasefire bc of his embrace of Isr
2/11
Rhodes: Siding with Israel over Hamas was hypocritical for Dems defending a “rules-based order,” racial equality & democracy.
Huh? What does backing Isr have to do with *racial equality*?
And Isr is a democracy fighting Hamas - the least democratic entity one could imagine.
3/11
Huh? What does backing Isr have to do with *racial equality*?
And Isr is a democracy fighting Hamas - the least democratic entity one could imagine.
3/11
Rhodes: Dems can't side with a 'right-wing govt determined to block...a Palestinian state'
That is not 'right wing.' That is consensus for Israel's mainstream. Golan's leftwing Democrats isn't pushing for a state.
Maybe left-wing Israelis know something Rhodes doesn't?
4/11
That is not 'right wing.' That is consensus for Israel's mainstream. Golan's leftwing Democrats isn't pushing for a state.
Maybe left-wing Israelis know something Rhodes doesn't?
4/11
Rhodes: 'The centerpiece of Biden’s MidEast policy remained the Abraham Accords.'
This is the admin that wouldn't say the words 'Abraham Accords' at the outset.
And Rhodes blasts Ab Accords for being w autocrats and sidelining Pals. As if Pal leaders would be democrats. 5/11
This is the admin that wouldn't say the words 'Abraham Accords' at the outset.
And Rhodes blasts Ab Accords for being w autocrats and sidelining Pals. As if Pal leaders would be democrats. 5/11
Rhodes: After Oct 7, Isr leaders were "referring to Palestinians in Gaza as 'human animals'” & cutting all Gaza off. He links to Def Min Gallant speaking in Hebrew on Oct 9...
Who was clearly referring to Hamas as animals,
and a siege on *Gaza City* ahead of major combat
6/11
Who was clearly referring to Hamas as animals,
and a siege on *Gaza City* ahead of major combat
6/11
Rhodes: Isr leaders said that Palestinians were living in "an evil city"
Netanyahu on Oct 9: “Any place Hamas deploys, in this evil city, all the places Hamas is hiding, operating — we will turn it into a ruin.”
Hardly evidence of calling for attacks on all Palestinians.
7/11
Netanyahu on Oct 9: “Any place Hamas deploys, in this evil city, all the places Hamas is hiding, operating — we will turn it into a ruin.”
Hardly evidence of calling for attacks on all Palestinians.
7/11
Rhodes: "If you believe a Pal child is equal in dignity & worth to an Isr or US child, it is no longer possible to support this Israeli govt"
That's simply not how laws of war work. All countries prioritize the safety of their own civilians.
Wonder what he'd say abt WW2.
8/11
That's simply not how laws of war work. All countries prioritize the safety of their own civilians.
Wonder what he'd say abt WW2.
8/11
And ofc, his AIPAC obsession: "AIPAC donors" "More Democrats are refusing to take AIPAC money."
Jewish money controlling US politics.
Even worse - He says American democracy can't be restored "if it is beholden" to AIPAC and its financing of the far-right.
9/11
Jewish money controlling US politics.
Even worse - He says American democracy can't be restored "if it is beholden" to AIPAC and its financing of the far-right.
9/11
This sentence is especially egregious: "Some political support may be lost if Democrats distance themselves from Israel, particularly among donors."
= Rich Jews will be mad.
10/11
= Rich Jews will be mad.
10/11
Antisemitism has always been about blaming Jews for the evils keeping the world from being redeemed.
And...Rhodes argues that Israel and AIPAC are the reason for growing authoritarianism, Dems losing to Trump, & Dems being unable to 'build the world they want."
11/11
And...Rhodes argues that Israel and AIPAC are the reason for growing authoritarianism, Dems losing to Trump, & Dems being unable to 'build the world they want."
11/11
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