Biden v. the IDF

For the first time, America is contemplating sanctioning the army of the Jewish state.

AP/Susan Walsh
Senator Leahy of Vermont, left, and Vice President Biden, right, in 2012 at the Capitol. AP/Susan Walsh

President Biden’s reported decision to sanction a unit of the Israel Defense Forces is one of the most obnoxious moves to come out of his presidency. No one else has tried it before, let alone when the Jewish state is fighting a war (or is it three or four?). Prime Minister Netanyahu calls it a “new moral low.” The Times of Israel reports that Israel is “aghast.” Even Benny Gantz calls it a “dangerous precedent” against an “inseparable part of the IDF.” 

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