Since when did Jill Biden dictate America’s Israel policy?
By Post Editorial Board
Published April 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m. ET
Since when did the first lady dictate US policy on Israel, or anything?
Our president lies like a rug to please his audience, so it’s tricky to parse the news that he told guests at this week’s White House Ramadan dinner that the first lady has told him that Israel’s war on Hamas “has got to stop.”
We don’t doubt he announced that, though exact accounts vary slightly: “Stop it. Stop it now,” were the Joe-said-Jill-said words, recalled a different attendee.
And the White House is backing that up, insisting (as it must) that the first couple see eye-to-eye while also stating: “Just like the president, the First Lady is heartbroken over the attacks on aid workers and the on-going loss of innocent lives in Gaza.”
President Biden plainly dropped the anecdote to deepen the impression that he really means his much-advertised threats to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he’ll cut off aid to Israel if it doesn’t “do more” to protect and get relief to civilians in Gaza.
Of course, his “pro-Palestine” critics have every reason to think all this, including his decision against vetoing that “cease-fire now!” UN resolution the other week, is mostly a ploy.
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