John Perazzo: Joe Biden: Israel’s fake ‘friend’

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John Perazzo
Joe Biden: Israel’s fake ‘friend’
The former vice president and current Democratic front-runner describes himself as a friend and ally of Israel, but has a long and destructive track record of undermining its security.

(March 19, 2020 / JNS)
Former Vice President Joe Biden has made a habit of describing himself as a loyal, stalwart friend and ally of Israel. At a campaign stop earlier this month, for instance, he declared: “I’m so proud of the Obama-Biden administration’s unprecedented support for Israel’s security.” But a careful examination of Biden’s track record reveals his long and extremely troubling history of undermining Israel’s security and public image. Some lowlights:

1982: Biden’s angry exchange with Menachem Begin

At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on June 22, 1982, an animated Sen. Biden, banging the desk in front of him with his fist, warned then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin that if Israel did not stop establishing new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, U.S. aid to the country might be cut off.

Begin responded forcefully:

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