By: Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published on September 3, 2024
An Editorial Opinion
For the first time ever, the U.S.-backed and armed government in Israel is dictating to America and the rest of the world whether its campaign of war crimes, crimes adainst humanity, and genocide within the Territory of Palestine will continue. These crimes, which are ongoing, are fully documented in a May 2024 State Department report.
This is a classic, highly visible, and embarrassing case of the tail wagging the dog.
Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an internationally recognized “thug” and designated “war criminal,” has effectively humiliated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with respect to their weak and timid efforts to end the Israel-Hamas War.
“No one will preach to me,” declared Netanyahu to Biden, Harris, and others over the weekend.
What was the Biden-Harris response to Netanyahu's tongue lashing? There was none. They took this very public tongue lashing like weak leaders usually do.
On Monday, 800,000 Israelis went on a nationwide strike aimed at forcing Netanyahu to end the Israel-Hamas War. What was the Biden-Harris response to this massive protest? There was none.
Netanyahu knows that, once the war ends, he will be arrested, tried, convicted, and imprisoned for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.
The Genocide in Gaza is Horrific
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has dropped more than 85,000 tons of American-made bombs on the Palestinian civilian population in Gaza. Israel has bombed churches, hospitals, schools, homes, office buildings, governmental infrastructure systems, and refugee camps.
Over 40,000 Palestinian civilians, including 20,000 babies, infants, and children, have been killed by American-made weapons of war. Over 92,400 civilians have been wounded. Over 2.3 million Palestinians have been driven out of Gaza and are at-risk of famine.
For nearly a year, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have actively aided and abetted a documented campaign of genocide perpetrated by Netanyahu and other known Israeli war criminals against innocent Palestinians in Gaza.
Jewish special interest groups in the U.S. have a dictatorial grip on U.S. policy towards Israel. In 2024, these groups have poured over $100 million into Congressional races and presidential campaigns to place a chokehold on America’s response to Israel's campaign of genocide in Gaza.
After Biden and Harris accepted their share of campaign donations, Netanyahu felt free to publicly “bitch slap” them for “preaching” to him.
The Political Fallout for Kamala Harris
Will Kamala Harris pay a price at the polls in November for her obvious support of Netanyahu’s campaign of genocide in Gaza? Yes, because she has possessed the power to stop it for over 11 months.
The horrific genocide in Gaza is televised nightly on the news. Videos and pictures of dead, mangled, and disfigured Palestinian babies, infants, and children are all over Twitter. For all intents and purposes, Benjamin Netanyahu and a large cadre of "thugs" within the Israeli Defense Forces enjoy killing, maiming, and torturing innocent Palestinians.
This genocide issue may cost Kamala Harris the presidency, much like COVID 19 cost Donald Trump re-election in 2020. Among the undecided independent voters we have privately polled in the six swing states, this issue is hurting Harris.
Is it too late for Kamala Harris to stop the death and destruction caused by Netanyahu's genocide? No, but her time for doing so is running out.
The lesson in leadership here is simple: No leader of an allied nation that gets tens of billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid and military weapons each year should hurl a public "no one will preach to me" insult at a U.S. President and Vice President without getting his/her butt kicked publicly. For reasons that I do not understand, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris appear to be unwilling or unable to adjust Benjamin Netanyahu’s condescending attitude towards them and his unbridled arrogance towards America.
There is a difference between supporting Israel and supporting Netanyahu. America can and should support Israel's right to exist without supporting Netanyahu's bloated arrogance and campaign of genocide against the Palestinians. Apparently, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have NOT learned this important lesson in international affairs.
At its core, this is not a political dilemma. It is a genocide problem that is televised around the world in real time. It is also another high-profile failure by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to show strong leadership in international affairs in a situation where innocent lives are being lost on an unimaginable scale.
Finally, Netanyahu's tongue lashing of Biden and Harris is a reminder to American politicians in Washington that “not all campaign money is good money.” Any money that requires a U.S. President and Vice President and members of Congress to sell their soul is NOT worth taking.
The photobelow is taken from the Iron Swords telegram page where Israeli soldiers happily post their war crimes with impunity. They strip Palestinians naked, mark them with numbers, and torture them.
There was a long period of time in America when White supremacists bombed Black churches, homes, and businesses with impunity. Our government did nothing to stop these bombings.
Between 1877 and 1950, over 4,000 blacks were lynched by angry White mobs. Our government did nothing to stop these lynchings.
Tens of thousands of Blacks were violently murdered in over racially-motivated massacres during the 1800s and 1900s, many of which are depicted on the map below. Our government did nothing to stop these massacres.
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