Biden’s OpEd

 Biden’s OpEd / Tongue in Cheek or Foot in Mouth?

In case you missed it President Biden wrote an OpEd for the Washington Post on the settler violence in the West Bank against Palestinians. Here is a quote,

“I have been emphatic with Israel's leaders that extremist violence against

Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and that those committing the violence must be held accountable. The United States is prepared to take our own steps, including visa bans against extremists attacking civilians in the West Bank.”

That's tellin'em Joe!

So let me get this straight:

• In 1947 the UN presented a plan to divide Palestine into two states one Jewish and one Arab-Palestinian along wholly unjust lines of allocation.
• The Jewish community 'seized the day' and ethnically cleansed all of Palestine except the West Bank and Gaza. With those facts on the ground Israel was recognized as a new state and member of nations in May1948, while 700 thousand Palestinian refugees were stranded in camps in the surrounding region. No Arab-Palestinian State was ever established.
• In 1967 Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza as well and have held those territories under occupation ever since.

Then,

• Hamas broke out from the open air prison that is Gaza on October 7 and admittedly committed atrocities against Israeli civilians along the periphery of the Gaza border. The United States then announced support for Israel in its 'right' to defend itself against terror attacks.
• Israel then commenced a ferocious military campaign which appears to any independent observer as a campaign of genocide against Northern Gaza. They have done so with the support of U.S. military munitions.

Now,

• Illegal Israeli settlers on the West Bank have been conducting increased attacks on Palestinians there with apparent impunity.
• And, Joe wants to talk tough and revoke visa rights for those settlers guilty of the violence.

Forgive me but calling this a double standard sounds like a euphemism!