{"id":2232656,"date":"2024-04-29T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-anti-israel-leftists-diminishing-trust-in-the-us-as-an-ally\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:42:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T16:42:15","slug":"are-anti-israel-leftists-diminishing-trust-in-the-us-as-an-ally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-anti-israel-leftists-diminishing-trust-in-the-us-as-an-ally\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Anti-Israel Leftists Erode Trust in the US as an Ally?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fare-anti-israel-leftists-diminishing-trust-in-the-us-as-an-ally%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=2232656&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the rise of anti-Semitism following\u2063 Hamas&#8217; \u2063attack on Israel. It highlights protests at universities, lawmaker remarks, and\u200d the impact on \u2064Israel&#8217;s trust in America. Former U.S. \u200cambassador \u200dDavid Friedman criticizes calls \u200dfor \u2064Netanyahu&#8217;s resignation \u200band \u200bcondemns anti-Israel sentiment.\u2063 The \u2063media&#8217;s role \u200cin portraying Israel unfairly and the existential threat to\u2063 the Jewish people are also addressed.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/%20\"><span>The Washington Stand<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 8:11am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>One would think, after a terrorist organization such as Hamas attacked the people and state of Israel by brutally killing over a thousand citizens, as well as raping and kidnapping some of whom they did not viciously murder, that the response would be one of vehement condemnation. One would think, right?<\/p>\n<p>But instead, an ugly segment within the U.S. population has been unmasked and a wave of anti-Semitism has broken out, and this is the antithesis of what America stands for. College campuses, for one, have been a major focus since Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Not only have many authorities within numerous universities failed to clearly oppose anti-Semitism at large, but they seem to fail in wrangling in their student populations. Within the last week, chaotic campus protests have emerged in huge numbers. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/commentary\/relentless-antisemitism-shows-colleges-are-global-environments-isolated-from-common-sense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia and Yale University<\/a> had their fair share of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-clinesmith-altered-an-email-in-the-trump-russia-probe-to-keep-it-going-he-just-received-probation\/\" title=\"Kevin Clinesmith Altered An Email In The Trump-Russia Probe To Keep It Going. He Just Received Probation.\">media attention<\/a> over the past two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C., is also dealing with protest encampments at University Yard, where \u201chundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered \u2026 including faculty, staff and students from other D.C. universities, to join a movement of encampments at more than a dozen universities nationwide,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/gwhatchet.com\/2024\/04\/25\/live-coverage-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-erect-tent-encampment-in-u-yard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The GW Hatchet<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Also seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/26\/us-news\/protester-with-final-solution-sign-that-threatens-extermination-of-jews-spotted-at-gwu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, was a man holding \u201ca sign calling for the \u2018final solution,\u2019 the Nazi plan to exterminate all Jews.\u201d Of course, this is yet another example of how these protests are not merely about wanting Israel\u2019s war against Hamas to come to a close, but they are going so far as to call for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-justice-38000-meals-air-dropped-people-complicit-hamas-slaughter-jews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elimination of the Jews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, lawmakers within our own government don\u2019t seem to care that their actions are spurring this ugliness along.<\/p>\n<p>Former Speaker of the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/news\/ireland\/2024\/0422\/1445055-nancy-pelosi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> and Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/chuck-schumer-israel-new-election-benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> have both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-bans-local-lockdown-restrictions-by-executive-order-bans-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"DeSantis Bans Local Lockdown Restrictions By Executive Order, Bans Vaccine Passports\u00a0\">made similar remarks<\/a> that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201cshould resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Considering Israel sits as one of America\u2019s closest allies, President of the Family Research Council and host of \u201cWashington Watch\u201d Tony Perkins asked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PQe3tdOUypI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent episode<\/a>, \u201cHow should we respond to [such] attacks on the leader \u2026 currently at war following a terrorist attack?\u201d How does it make the U.S. look, and does it \u201cundermine Israel\u2019s standing in the global community?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Friedman, former U.S. ambassador to Israel during the Trump administration and founder of the Friedman Center for Peace Through Strength, joined Perkins to provide analysis on these questions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Has Israel lost trust in America?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When government officials like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shame-protesters-surround-nancy-pelosi-scream-tries-escape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelosi<\/a> and Schumer make the comments they do, Friedman said that it makes \u201cother countries really doubt whether they can trust America as an ally when things get tough.\u201d He expressed that even those not so keen of Netanyahu \u201care rallying around him now as the leader of the country in a time of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But concerning calls for Netanyahu to resign coming from American government, Friedman added, \u201cI think it reveals what I\u2019ve known for some time, which is that whether it\u2019s Schumer or Pelosi, these are people devoid of principles. These are people who are shameless head counters. And they\u2019re looking around right now in an election year and seeing a lot of energy right now among \u2026 young people who are hostile to Israel, and they want to \u2026 maintain the option for those votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Freidman, \u201cthat\u2019s all this is about,\u201d and it\u2019s \u201creally shameless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention the fact that \u201cit\u2019s a gut punch to the state of Israel,\u201d the former ambassador said. \u201cIt\u2019s a gut punch to all those who support it, to all the people who are risking their lives, in many cases sacrificing their lives, to protect the state of Israel against the most vile forces of evil in the world who, frankly, hate America just as much as they hate the state of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perkins agreed, and he emphasized that the media plays a large role in enabling this atmosphere of criticism and hostility. \u201cIsrael doesn\u2019t get a fair shake in the domestic press,\u201d Friedman stated.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins explained how the history of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-jewish-students-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-soon-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jewish people<\/a>, as well as \u201cthe rise of anti-Semitism that we\u2019re seeing now across the United States and \u2026 around the world,\u201d points to the fact that Israel is facing an \u201cexistential threat.\u201d Perkins asked, \u201cHow do you approach this new reality?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, unfortunately, it\u2019s an old reality,\u201d Friedman replied. \u201cThank God,\u201d he added, \u201cfor people \u2026 who will support Israel and report the facts fairly.\u201d Because \u201cyou would think that a nation \u2026 invaded by bloodthirsty terrorists who burned babies, raped women, slaughtered people in their beds, took 250 hostages, continued to hold 130 hostages \u2014 you would think they would not be garnering much sympathy anywhere in the world. But \u2026 people are actually saying, \u2018We are Hamas.\u2019 It\u2019s not about peace. It\u2019s not about a ceasefire. It\u2019s about destroying Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Friedman, the most important aspect, as he put it, is that \u201cin every generation, they rise up against us, and God comes to our aid.\u201d Amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seen-miracles-war-torn-ukrainian-christians-resilient-amid-russian-persecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">persecution<\/a>, \u201cwhat holds us together is the Bible,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Bible stands with us as our protection. God stands with us [as] our protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Perkins concluded, \u201c[I]t is that Book that unites us as Christians to the Jewish community in standing for them and standing for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This article appeared originally on <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Stand<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-45743\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45743\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45743\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45743\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  The Washington Stand is Family Research Council\u2019s outlet for news and commentary from a biblical worldview. 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