Why The Democrats Were Israel’s Perfect Partners In Genocide

And while Israelis overwhelmingly favor Trump over Harris, and the former president certainly remains the preferred candidate among the country’s most extreme leaders, they might be missing the point. Because if you look past the partisan posturing, not only will Biden go down in history as Israel’s most consistent ally, but the strategy he and his fellow Democrats have embraced — masking their unconditional support for Israel behind a facade of concern for human rights — has played a crucial role in allowing Israel to get away with genocide for this long.

To be fair, America’s “special relationship” is much bigger than Biden. But when unconditional support of Israel became a threat to regional and US interests, past presidents — from Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower, to Ronald Regan and George Bush Sr. — drew real red lines.

At 81, Biden is the oldest president in U.S. history, with a political career that spans over half a century — one that he built with the help of the pro-Israel lobby. He once boasted that he did “more fundraisers for AIPAC in the ’70s and early ’80s than just about … anybody,” and in turn the president has received more funding from the Israel lobby than any other U.S. politician since 1990.