{"id":2211924,"date":"2024-04-03T03:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-national-security-matters-infinitely-more-than-its-reputation-with-radical-democrats\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T03:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T07:15:32","slug":"israels-national-security-matters-infinitely-more-than-its-reputation-with-radical-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israels-national-security-matters-infinitely-more-than-its-reputation-with-radical-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel&#8217;s National Security Trumps &#8216;Reputation&#8217; among Radical Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraels-national-security-matters-infinitely-more-than-its-reputation-with-radical-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211924&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200barticle discusses how the Biden administration and media allies have shifted their support for Israel as \u2062it defends \u2064itself against Hamas. There is\u2064 a \u200bfocus\u2062 on the emphasis placed \u200don Israel&#8217;s &#8216;reputation&#8217;\u200d over its national security interests. The\u200d narrative \u200dhighlights diplomatic pressures, \u200drhetoric,\u2064 and UN resolutions amid the ongoing\u2063 conflict. The article \u200bdelves into \u2064the changing stance of \u2062the Biden administration\u200d and media allies towards Israel&#8217;s defense against Hamas, emphasizing the prioritization of Israel&#8217;s reputation over its national \u2063security. It sheds\u200d light on diplomatic challenges, rhetorical shifts, \u2062and UN resolutions within the context of the conflict.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>As Israel has pursued its righteous war of defense against Hamas aggression, the Biden administration and its allies in the media have become increasingly uncomfortable with its success. After initially supporting Israel in the wake of the Oct. 7 atrocities, they have by and large turned on it entirely. <\/p>\n<p>For the corporate media, this was almost immediate; once Israel shifted \u2014 in their minds \u2014 from victim to victimizer, the game was up. This occurred before the bodies of the innocents massacred by Hamas were even cold. But the Biden administration, to its credit, stood with Israel for significantly longer. It sent a carrier strike group to the region, provided diplomatic cover at the United Nations, and advocated for a forceful Israeli response to Hamas. Unfortunately, however, the turn has come for the White House as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-701466053\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-df6a262b9eaa14284f78280a37649bc8 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-df6a262b9eaa14284f78280a37649bc8\"><\/div>\n<p>Largely driven by electoral concern over its hardcore leftist base \u2014 amplified by like-minded media and Democrat staffers \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/23\/biden-appeasing-radical-democrats-at-home-means-abandoning-allies-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">administration has significantly pulled back support<\/a> in the past few months. It has rhetorically attacked the Israeli military for what it claims are \u201cexcessive\u201d civilian casualties, despite the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamas casualty counts are likely invented<\/a> out of whole cloth and Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/israel-middle-east\/articles\/israel-winning-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tactical urban warfighting has been by and large exemplary<\/a>. It has worked hand-in-glove with the Qataris \u2014 Iranian partners and Hamas backers \u2014 to push for a ceasefire deal that would only benefit the Palestinian terrorists who seek time to rearm and regroup. <\/p>\n<p>It has also lambasted Israel for failing to deliver humanitarian aid to Gazans, ignoring the fact that such aid is almost always stolen by Hamas. And it supported the absurd speech by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in which he called for the ouster of Israel\u2019s wartime unity government. These anti-Israel actions have only ramped up as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) prepares for its final assault on Rafah, Hamas\u2019 last stronghold, on the border with Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>In this process, the Biden team and its media backers have centered the vague notion of Israel\u2019s \u201creputation\u201d over the concrete reality on the ground. This fits perfectly into the administration\u2019s ruling paradigm of diplomacy <em>\u00fcber alles<\/em> \u2014 diplomacy above all. The leftist foreign policy establishment, from media pundits and politicians to international institutions and think tanks, completely embraces this fictional universe in which a nation\u2019s status within the so-called \u201cglobal community\u201d matters more than its national interests or security. As the Rafah operation draws ever closer and Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/27\/world\/middleeast\/biden-israel-hamas-cease-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continues to reject generous temporary ceasefire proposals<\/a>, the White House and its allies in the press have begun an all-out rhetorical blitz focused entirely on this diplomatic realm.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reputation over Reality<\/h2>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris went on ABC News and threatened Israel with nebulous consequences if it made <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Joyce_Karam\/status\/1771916473641922728?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the \u201chuge mistake\u201d<\/a> of undertaking a major military operation in Rafah. The Assistant Secretary of State Bill Russo echoed this approach in a call with his Israeli counterparts in mid-March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/22\/1240148688\/israel-gaza-war-state-department-memo-damage-reputation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying in a leaked after-action memo<\/a>, \u201cThe Israelis seemed oblivious to the fact that they are facing major, possibly generational damage to their reputation not just in the region but elsewhere in the world. We are concerned that the Israelis are missing the forest for the trees and are making a major strategic error in writing off their reputation damage.\u201d The call was heavily oriented around trying to convince Israel to stop its war effort merely because it is \u201cunpopular\u201d in certain key quarters \u2014 namely the progressive base of the Democrat Party and the journalist class the White House takes so seriously.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4903aea81512cc2cdb2b661d98472d63 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4903aea81512cc2cdb2b661d98472d63\"><\/div>\n<p>As the election nears, this war will only become more of a thorn in the Biden team\u2019s side, so they are doing everything possible to end it, even on terms highly unfavorable to Israel. Their cudgel is the threat of reputational damage, which they themselves are working assiduously to inflict.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UN Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>To this end, the administration made a total about-face at the United Nations, introducing a ceasefire resolution that Israel opposed as too lenient to Hamas. But the Biden team seemingly can\u2019t even throw its supposed friends under the bus properly, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-sg\/news\/world\/russia-china-veto-us-led-un-resolution-on-gaza-ceasefire\/ar-BB1ko3ZR\">resolution was vetoed by Russia and China<\/a>, who found it too favorable to Israel. Unsurprisingly, the anti-Israel caucus in the UN Security Council put out its <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GLNoronha\/status\/1772282518219231549?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">own version of the resolution<\/a>, one that failed to link a ceasefire to the release of hostages, did not condemn the atrocities of Oct. 7, and mentioned Hamas precisely zero times, to a vote. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/united-states-government-general-news-430f1f3c6f6f404f87e90cfdb0032b1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">page straight out of the Obama playbook<\/a>, the U.S. abstained, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/03\/25\/1240669997\/united-nations-security-council-cease-fire-resolution-gaza-israel-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allowing the resolution to pass<\/a> and lend the Security Council\u2019s \u2014 and, by proxy, the United States\u2019 \u2014 imprimatur to a decree that is firmly hostile to Israel. This gives the vehement anti-Israel voices in the vaunted \u201cinternational community\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailyscroll.substack.com\/p\/march-26-2024-israel-and-the-echo?publication_id=680918&#038;post_id=142986930&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;r=2jvy9&#038;triedRedirect=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plenty of bogus ammunition<\/a> with which to attack our ally. The UN\u2019s clownish Secretary General Antonio Guterres jumped on board in record time, stating, \u201cThis resolution must be implemented. Failure would be unforgivable.\u201d Naturally, that only applies to one party in this conflict, the only one targeted by the resolution.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Israel\u2019s Isolation<\/h2>\n<p>This line of argument has been taken up with gusto by the media and reinforced by think tanks and other influential figures in the international relations field. The story of Israel\u2019s purported international \u201cisolation\u201d has served as the repeated motif of the campaign to preclude a victory in Gaza. It was the recent cover story of The Economist magazine, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog_entry\/on-new-cover-the-economist-declares-israel-alone-amid-global-criticism-of-gaza-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel Alone<\/a>,\u201d which couched its anti-Israel attitude with rhetoric claiming it only wants America to help Jerusalem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/weeklyedition\/2024-03-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">find a better strategy<\/a>.\u201d The leaked State Department memo \u2014 which <em>somehow<\/em> found its way to NPR \u2014 was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/03\/25\/israel-united-states-credibility-confrontation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">picked up by The Washington Post<\/a> and other outlets. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-81ac7c49cf42760e7f2f65a26aa9b8bf fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-81ac7c49cf42760e7f2f65a26aa9b8bf\"><\/div>\n<p>The Post, which has been perhaps the most staunchly pro-Palestine voice in corporate media, argued that the growing \u201crift\u201d between the U.S. and Israel is driven by \u201can increasingly isolated, unpopular Israeli government\u201d that is courting \u201cgrowing global frustration\u201d with its \u201cinsistence on prolonging the war to fully eradicate militant group Hamas.\u201d The piece quotes several scolding speeches from international anti-Zionist stalwarts such as Guterres and the former Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, as well as an anonymous White House adviser who said that the Israel-created \u201chumanitarian situation is literally intolerable \u2014 it\u2019s a blight on the consciousness of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The isolation narrative was reinforced by the American abstention at the UN, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/mar\/25\/un-gaza-ceasefire-vote?ref=upstract.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported by The Guardian<\/a> in those exact terms. American leftists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laprogressive.com\/foreign-policy\/cease-fire-resolution\">supported the resolution as \u201ca start,\u201d<\/a> but stressed that left-wing voters must push for the Biden administration to use its \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/biden-un-israel-ceasefire-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unparalleled leverage to change Israeli behavior.<\/a>\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In this opinion, they were joined wholeheartedly by Hamas itself. The terrorist group\u2019s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/hamas-leader-speaks-in-iran-of-israel-political-isolation\/ar-BB1kyKFY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued that, although the UN resolution<\/a> \u201ccame late\u201d and left \u201csome gaps that need to be filled,\u201d it still indicated that \u201cthe Israeli occupation is experiencing unprecedented political isolation.\u201d He made this statement during an official visit to kiss the ring in Tehran, showing exactly who is being rewarded by this attempt to stifle Israeli victory.<\/p>\n<p>The American think tank world has glommed onto the argument as well, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFR_org\/status\/1771919416201970063?s=20\">the Council on Foreign Relations<\/a> \u2014 the voice of the foreign policy blob \u2014 pushing for the White House to \u201cdemand that Israel cease\u201d its just war and \u201cresume funding of UNRWA, which is essential to the humanitarian response.\u201d Of course, both of these are key Hamas (and American leftist) goals. <\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t be a true foreign policy blob moment without the inclusion of President Joe Biden\u2019s favorite columnist, Tom Friedman. In a piece titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/27\/opinion\/israel-gaza-peace-thomas-friedman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel Is Losing Its Greatest Asset: Acceptance<\/a>,\u201d Friedman says he has \u201can urgent message to deliver to President Biden and the Israeli people,\u201d that of \u201cthe increasingly rapid erosion of Israel\u2019s standing\u201d that was \u201cpainstakingly built up over decades.\u201d The whole piece launders a deeply anti-Israel view through the mouths of foreigners, blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the damage done to Jerusalem\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Wars Are Won<\/h2>\n<p>The problem with this whole narrative, however, is that wars are not won and borders secured on the basis of international reputation or approval. The role of a nation-state is not to gain acceptance or sympathy, but to protect its citizens\u2019 lives and property and create the conditions under which they can prosper. <\/p>\n<p>If Israel cannot destroy Hamas entirely by going full-bore into Rafah, it will have lost the war. And the consequence of that would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbDermer\/status\/1772679702433395043?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">constant repetition of Oct. 7-style attacks<\/a> until Israel itself is eliminated \u2014 the stated goal of Hamas and its Iranian backers. That is unacceptable to the vast majority of the Israeli public, represented by the unity government that comprises a supermajority of the Knesset. Israel can exist as a temporarily isolated entity. It cannot exist with an Iranian-backed terrorist army staging for repeated attacks on its border. And if the war continues the way it has been going, Israel won\u2019t have to.<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem has laid out clear war aims: the total annihilation of Hamas as a political and military entity, the destruction of its terrorist infrastructure, and the pacification of Gaza so as to avoid future attacks like those on Oct. 7. As Israel proceeds into Rafah, these aims are being steadily and methodically achieved. It has already crushed most of Hamas\u2019 military force, clearing the Gaza Strip from the north to the south, block by block and mile by mile. <\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the terrorist army is holed up in Rafah, along with more than 100 hostages \u2014 including at least six Americans \u2014 that Hamas took several months ago. The IDF is preparing for what will be a difficult, but necessary, operation to root Hamas out once and for all. Victory in Gaza is in sight. Which is precisely why the Biden administration and its media lackeys are trying desperately to halt Israeli progress.<\/p>\n<p>If the foreign policy blob is allergic to anything, it\u2019s victory; it has steadfastly refused to do what it takes to prosecute a conflict to a successful end over and over again. From Afghanistan and Iraq to Libya and Syria, these leftist elites have been unable to stomach the reputational costs of winning and have failed to achieve any sort of lasting security objective. They would rather sacrifice national interests than fail to gain the plaudits of the international community, a position that is being ostentatiously rejected by Jerusalem. Israel is fighting for its very existence as a nation. Without that basic security, what does \u201creputation\u201d matter?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-185b1e0ad57acaf14495a83cf0f0de1a fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-185b1e0ad57acaf14495a83cf0f0de1a\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s defensive actions against Hamas have made the Biden administration and media allies uneasy. Despite initial support post-Oct. 7 attacks, they now largely criticize Israel. 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