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There is a Hamas bodycam video showing just some of the over 1200 brutal, gruesome murders of Israeli citizens on Oct. 7, 2023. Perhaps "members and friends“ of Veterans for Peace Chapter 161 (Dec. 23, ”Biden should act on ceasefire,“) should watch it — if they could stomach its entire 45 minutes. But anti-Semites generally don’t change their minds.
If Hamas and Hezbollah cared about Palestinians, they wouldn't have perpetrated the Oct. 7 attack. But Palestinians are used as pawns under the guise of antisemitism; Israel is defending itself to prevent any further horrific atrocities. The Obama and Biden administrations have in essence enabled Hamas and Hezbollah by funding Iran, which is the wellspring of worldwide terrorism.
The tie that binds the administrations of Obama and Biden, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran together is antisemitism. The U.N. is antisemitic as well, and has always been anti-Israel. The U.N. can't get out of its own way doing anything, except being antisemitic. And remember, that all the Russian aggression against Ukraine occurred under Obama and Biden, totaling 12 years of incompetent foreign policy. Biden isn't capable of any sound executive decisions and never was.
In closing, Israel is one on a very short list of allies that America can truly trust. After all that's happened to the Jewish people, they're going to defend themselves. They by all means have that right. Our foreign policy should be total support for Israel. All their people want is to live in peace.
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