Madam Vice President:
For a thoughtful and balanced view on Israel and Palestine, I can recommend no one better than Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. He admires Joe Biden, but Prime Minister Netanyahu has run circles around him.
You do President Biden no favors by failing to distance yourself from him on this burning issue for American Muslims, because that failure will cost you the election.
In his October 5 column titled, “Biden Sought Peace But Facilitated War”, Kristof writes:
“Instead of midwifing the landmark Middle East peace that he hoped for, Biden became the arms supplier for the leveling of Gaza….Biden kept the arms flowing (with the exception of at least one shipment of 2,000 pound bombs) and never imposed serious restrictions on their use. This impunity emboldened Netanyahu to ignore Biden…”
Kristof has no illusions about Hamas, but he understands well how the extremists on both sides feed each other, and how our military sponsorship of Israel fuels the vicious cycle.
Madam Vice President, it is pathetic that the Biden administration has yet to acknowledge what anyone paying attention can see is true: Israel has systematically impeded the flow of U.S. humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians. And in other respects, it has shown contempt for the laws of war.
Madam Vice President, as one with close ties to the Jewish community, do you not agree that Israel’s maintenance of its unjust order betrays the prophetic tradition? Do you have any doubt that this cannot serve Israel well?
No true friend of Israel would oblige such a blood-thirsty Israeli government.
Madam Vice President, as far as Muslims in swing states are concerned, you do not have one more day to lose to distance yourself from our failed policy. You must declare that Israel has routinely violated both U.S. and International law, and we do not need to wait until after the election to freeze offensive military aid to Israel.
Sincerely,
Todd Buchanan
Get Real with Israel 