Blinken Bashes Israel

There can be no doubting the serious damage that has been done to the U.S.-Israel relationship under Joe Biden. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday publicly bashed Israel as it is attempting to clean out the last Hamas stronghold in Rafah.

Blinken insisted that the United States will not sign off on military action against Hamas until there is a “clear, credible plan to protect civilians” in the city. Well, that just guarantees that Hamas will do whatever it has to do in order to exploit the civilian population as human shields, which it does all the time.

But Blinken went even further, saying that Israel needs to “leave and get out of Gaza.” Yet in the next breath, he fretted that Israel would leave a power vacuum that is “likely to be filled by chaos, by anarchy, and ultimately by Hamas again.”

Israel is doing its best to wipe out Hamas, as it should. Biden and Blinken seem determined to save Hamas.