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Excerpts from End of Day Report - Gary Bauer
Excerpts from Three "End of Day Reports" by: Gary Bauer
1. Israel Under Siege As fighting intensified yesterday between Israeli forces and Hamas, Arab Israeli mobs attacked their Jewish neighbors and ransacked synagogues. Historically, riotous anti-Semitic mobs attacking Jews is called a pogrom.
They bedeviled Europe for hundreds of years. Sadly, pogroms were often carried out by people who thought of themselves as Christians. Now it is happening again in the Jewish state itself.
When Donald Trump moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, virtually nothing happened in Israel. Yes, there was some rioting in Gaza. But it was far from the "eruption of violence in the Arab street" that so many foreign policy experts predicted.
That's because the Arab world and many Palestinians understood the clear messages from Donald Trump. He made it clear that America was standing firmly behind Israel, and they had better come to terms with Israel because we weren't going to force the Jewish state into a bad deal.
The contrast between the Trump Administration's support for Israel and the Biden Administration's ambivalence could not be more striking.
Even as pogroms are taking place and as Hamas rains down 1,200 rockets on Israeli communities, the Biden Administration today is insisting that "Israel has an extra burden . . . to avoid civilian casualties."
So, it's no surprise that with Biden back in the White House, not to mention the growing influence of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Israel's enemies are emboldened and on the attack.
Please join me in praying for the peace of Jerusalem. And, please, prayerfully consider making a donation to American Values today in support of our efforts to defend the U.S.-Israel alliance.
2. The Left vs. Israel
Not long ago, Israel enjoyed broad public support in America. But like so many things, the left has ruined that too.
When Hamas started firing rockets at Israel this week, Andrew Yang, who is campaigning for mayor of New York City, issued a statement defending Israel. He was immediately attacked by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who denounced Yang's statement as "utterly shameful." I guess AOC is cheerleading for Hamas.
It wasn't long before "#YangSupportsGenocide" was trending on Twitter. Now Yang is rushing to show how "balanced" he is between the Jewish state and the terrorists.
Meanwhile, the State Department dispatched a top diplomat to the region yesterday, attempting to broker a ceasefire. And Biden said the bare minimum expected of an American president – that Israel has the right to defend itself.
Well, that was too much for the progressive left. AOC attacked Joe Biden for "taking the side of occupation."
The progressive movement, represented by AOC's socialist squad, is rabidly anti-Israel and anti-
But none of Biden's assurances to Israel should be taken seriously as long as he remains committed to giving Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief, which the ayatollah will inevitably use to replenish Hamas' missiles!
3. Stop Appeasing Iran
As 2,000 rockets have rained down on Israel this week, more than 40 Republican senators are calling on the Biden White House to stop all negotiations with Iran while its terrorists proxies are attacking our most reliable ally, Israel.
Frankly, that's the bare minimum Biden should do. And while Senate Republicans are right to pressure Biden, I hope they are also pressuring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
It's clear that the Biden Administration is committed to rejoining the 2015 Obama/Biden nuclear deal with Iran. If any deal is negotiated with the ayatollah's regimes, an avowed enemy of the United States, the Senate must vote on it.
This isn't just any "deal." An agreement of this magnitude – regarding the nuclear weapons program of a nation that has repeatedly promised a second Holocaust – is central to our national security and to Israel's national security.
It must be submitted to the Senate, not the United Nations and not the European Union, and it must be submitted as a treaty, requiring 67 votes to pass.
