Biden’s Appeasement

Periodically, when Donald Trump would criticize a Jewish liberal, some mainstream Jewish groups and the leftist media would say, “That’s a dog whistle to attract the anti-Semite vote.” That’s absurd.

In contrast, Biden is actively seeking the votes of anti-Semites and Israel haters. What is Biden doing by pressuring Israel in the immediate aftermath of an unprecedented attack by Iran is appeasing the Hamas wing of the progressive left.

A new poll finds that one-third of Democrats want Biden to be tougher on Israel, and 41% of Democrats support stopping all aid to Israel.

A coalition of left-wing progressive activists, including members of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, just happened to be meeting in Chicago this weekend. When they were told about Iran’s attack on Israel, the crowd erupted into cheers and chants of “Hands Off Iran!”

Those are the voters the Biden campaign is after -- voters who want Israel to be obliterated. His repeated messages to Netanyahu, telling him to back down in the face of growing threats from radical Islamists, are dog whistles to the increasingly anti-Israel, anti-Semitic progressive left.

That’s why liberal politicians won’t denounce the disgusting anti-Israel, anti-American protest in Dearborn, Michigan, in any meaningful way. They don’t think they can win without those voters in November.

To his credit, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, who worked for President Obama, did condemn the left’s anti-Semitism during an appearance on Newsmax last week. He called the growing progressive bigotry and anti-Israel intolerance “shameful” and “anti-American.”

Meanwhile, I am hoping more mainstream Jewish organizations will join Greenblatt in condemning the left’s growing anti-Semitism.