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Op-ed: 

Lies Told...Truths Not Accepted 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

 

“The Biden administration's policy toward Israel and around the world is to punish our allies and boost our enemies.” - Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)

It's official...Joe Biden has proven himself to be a traitor to Israel on par with that of his puppet master Barack Obama. Two men interchangeable now working in tandem it seems...two men whose past and present actions have exposed which side they're really on in regards to any and everything Israel.

Two men with overlapping policies...dangerous anti-Israel policies...with Biden now trying to stop Israel from finishing its intended mission...as in the total elimination of Hamas from Gaza. And with Biden channeling his inner Obama, not only has he delayed the entirety of Congress' approved arms shipments* to Israel, but he has withheld from Netanyahu key intelligence information pertaining to the exact locations of Hamas' leadership. And Biden is doing so to cater to the whims of the anti-Israel/ antisemitic sorts here at home in hopes of garnering their political favor come November's election.

Remember, Obama's inner hatred towards Israel and the Jewish people can be summed up in this original sentence from his book “The Audacity of Hope”...that is before editing took place...as in, “I will stand with the muslims if the politics winds shift in an ugly direction.” And Biden's stated “unwavering support” for Israel...said soon after Hamas' October 7th attack on Israeli civilians...were obviously words spoken with fingers crossed behind his back. And why...because while Obama knew he'd always get a second term in office courtesy of his having played the “race card” throughout his first term thus solidifying for himself a second term, Joe Biden...even with Obama pulling his strings...has never been assured of that...voter “irregularities” not withstanding. And Obama knows that when Biden dares to go “off script” and speaks for himself, that things not meant for public consumption suddenly become newsworthy...as has recently happened.

Time for Obama to pull Biden's strings tighter, especially after his laying down “red lines” to Netanyahu...“red lines” telling BiBi that he dare not cross into Rafah to “take out” what remains of Hamas. And so here I say to Biden, how dare you tell the duly-elected leader of a sovereign nation what can or cannot be done in a time of war. Remember Biden...like Obama...is no friend to Israel*...he never was and he never will be. And  this all came to a head roughly two weeks ago when the U.S. State Department informed Congress that it intended to bypass laws that bar the U.S. from selling weapons to nations that boycott Israel. In fact, in the past Biden has waived these sanctions, but now he says they'll be extended through April 30, 2025.

Guess Biden forgets that he probably won't be in office come 2025...voter “irregularities” again not with standing.

So what exactly would these waivers accomplish? Let's start with “aiding and abetting” our ally Israel's enemies as said waivers would allow U.S. weapons to be sent to nations that not only support and work closely with Hamas, but with other Iranian proxies as well. Dubious indeed for the fact is that these waivers were announced just one day before Biden “threatened” and then followed through the withholding of the aforementioned, Congress approved, weapons delivery to Israel. And Biden must be called to task...in fact some have already called for his impeachment***...for these actions reek of yet another “quid pro quo”...as in “we'll give you this only if you give us that”...type of scenario. How so...because Biden is “leveraging” already approved U.S. dollars against Israel's intended military actions in Rafah...actions that might...or might not...entail heavy “collateral damage.”

But I see Biden's actions actually bordering on, if not crossing over, into treason. How so...because by his withholding promised “offensive aid” to Israel, Biden is not only “aiding and abetting” Israel's enemies but America's enemies as well. Remember, while Hamas is but one of Iran's proxy armies that use Iranian monies and equipment in their terrorist attacks, also remember that Iran is an enemy of the U.S., and that Hamas remains on the “U.S. Terrorist Watch List.”

In fact, in a recent CNN interview while Biden did say that Israel would continue to see U.S. support for its “defensive systems”...as in the “Iron Dome”...he quickly added the words, “If they [meaning Israel] go into Rafah, I'm not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities, that deal with that problem.” But forgotten by Biden is that the weapons and especially the bombs he's now withholding from Israel...including another 1,800 U.S. made 2,000-pound “heavy” bombs, and 1,700 U.S, made 500-pound bombs, plus lesser charged bombs...bombs more adaptable to lessening “collateral damage”...are the very bombs that Israel has been using in Gaza since their retaliatory strike on Hamas began. Simply, Biden is only condemning said bombs use now because of the growing pro-Hamas/pro Palestinian protests here at home which might help garner him some votes.

But no matter for Israel has stockpiled enough of these “heavy bombs” to use in Rafah, it's the smaller diameter bombs...aka “precision bombs” used more so for “targeted kills”...that Israel needed more of if “collateral damage” was to be kept to a minimum. So Joe Biden's dancing on Obama's pulled stings has actually forced Israel into using the larger bombs, thus allowing Biden to not only blame Israel for the increase in civilian deaths, but to also garner votes...a cleverly crafted move indeed.

And yet Biden remains a foolish man for this war never focused on “precision” based “targeted kills” for that scenario never ends wars in fact, at times, it starts or drags out wars. Israel must do whatever it takes as they push deeper into Rafah, for the fact remains that with northern Gaza remaining basically “ungoverned” with sporadic fighting continuing, remnants of Hamas have begun to strike out against Israel again. In fact, just before Mother's Day, a small faction of Hamas operatives launched a rocket into the middle of a children's playground in Be'er Sheva, Israel. And while, thankfully, no children were killed, this act plus recently released IDF drone footage showing Hamas operatives launching attacks on Israel from a UN Works and Relief Agency warehouse while using official UN vehicles for transport into Gaza...clearly shows why Hamas must be eradicated in full for only with Hamas' total defeat will Israeli's be able to live in what passes for a mere semblance of “normalcy,” let alone with a sense of “security.”

But the question remaining is, how can “normalcy” or “security” return to Israel when the very country she thought was her ally is openly stabbing her in the back. And proof of this can be seen when Biden, just a week or so ago, sent an unclassified report to Congress on Israel's, what he called, “incursion into Gaza.”

An “incursion” is usually referred to as a limited “hostile entrance” into a territory...an unexpected “raid” if you will. But Israel did not “raid” Gaza...Israel openly and rightfully declared war on Hamas and all its bases of operation in Gaza, which now encompasses Gaza itself along with its Hamas supporting populace...a populace who have yet to condemn Hamas or their barbaric October 7th attack on what were defenseless Israeli civilians...an savage attack specifically targeting women, babies, and young children.

But what exactly was in the report...a report deliberately held back until Biden could shed phony crocodile tears in a televised speech given on “Holocaust Remembrance Day?” Simply, a twisting of truth to aid Biden in his quest for the anti-Israel/pro-Hamas vote. Stating that Israel, “likely used U.S.-made arms to inflict a higher number of civilian casualties in Gaza than is broadly deemed acceptable”...pray tell what number of civilian casualties is mitigated to be acceptable in a time of rightfully declared war...a war against those who committed barbaric, savage, and inhumane acts...war crimes plain and simple.

Also, stated in the report was that, “the State Department found that it is reasonable to assess that there are possible violations with hundreds of investigations open.” Investigations into what, as mere common sense dictates that sometimes “an eye for an eye” does indeed become the very solution to a problem. Also, in regards to the war Israel now finds herself in, if those siding with Hamas and their Palestinian supporters truly did not want casualties... if they were really concerned about what surely would be a mounting civilian death toll...Hamas should not have provoked Israel...the one country most know would rightfully respond ten-fold to their having been attacked.

Simply, the ones needing investigation are the traitors within our government's ranks who dared to questions our ally Israel's actions. Guess these paper pushing, leftist aligned, bureaucrats and politicians still don't grasp the meaning of the words “Never Again.”

And while this report does not say that Israel has violated any U.S. weapons policy or international humanitarian law...the very nature and timing of the report's release is what's most telling. How so...because the report's release just happened to coincide with the ongoing increase in pro-Hamas/pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, and anti-American protests here in the U.S...protests whose partakers cry over the overinflated numbers of Palestinian lives lost.

Remember publicity, even negative publicity, in today's America equates more times than not as votes garnered along “blue party lines,” especially when numbers are deliberately manipulated to help push forward ones chosen cause.

Forgotten by these folks is the fact that in war innocent people die...the very nature of war always sees innocent blood being shed. But what not to be cried over is numbers being manipulated to help push forward a cause based upon lies. Simply, the number of (anything but) innocent Palestinian lives lost due to Israeli bombings has been overinflated two-fold. In fact...and surprisingly it's the United Nations...the organization who detests Israel the most...specifically the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)...who recently revised and lowered its Palestinian death count by half...including the number of women and children killed in the seven-months since Hamas started its war with Israel.

So much for Hamas’ death toll numbers...numbers continuously disputed by Israel as said numbers came mostly from the Hamas controlled “Gaza Ministry of Health”...numbers taken as truth by both Biden and the anti-Israel sorts who blindly accept the word of Hamas over that of our ally Israel.

“We will fight with our fingernails if necessary.”                   - Benjamin Netanyahu. May 9, 2024 

The Israel/Hamas War will eventually end, for war itself begins and ends in its own dictated time. However, I have a suggestion that might help end this war sooner rather than later, and I'll start by saying that those in Israel calling for Netanyahu's resignation for not having secured all the hostages release, to please wake up to the fact that few if any hostages are still alive.

It's my belief that most were killed soon after Israel's entry into Gaza, and that's why Hamas has not surrendered or even agreed to another ceasefire as the hostages, to them, were always but bargaining chips...bargaining chips now gone...bargaining chips likely used as “human shields” to protect Hamas' own miserable lives. Hamas never intended to release all the hostages for to do so would show weakness and vulnerability on their part...not something genocidal terrorists want as their calling card.

Netanyahu knows this as likely as do most not personally involved, an unfortunate reality that the families of those taken still have trouble facing. BiBi Netanyahu made a decision to save his country and its multitude of people, and while we cry for the hostages now likely lost, imagine instead having to cry for the entire nation of Israel and the sum of her people lost.

Simply, Israel must end this war by any means possible, and it's time for...I believe...Biden and Obama's instigators in Israel to stop fueling the pain hostage families feel. The longer Israel has roadblocks thrown in its path to victory, the more the death toll rises with peace moving further and further away. And whether some want to accept it or not the only ones then left standing will be Biden, Obama, Iran, and the indoctrinated folks who relish and feed on hate. Case closed. __________________________________________________________

* As I was writing this article Biden approved a “possible transfer” ...note the word "possible" of $700 million in tank ammunition, $500 million in tactical vehicles and $60 million in mortar rounds, minus Congress' approved 1,800 U.S. made 2,000-pound “heavy” bombs; 1,700 U.S, made 500-pound bombs; plus lesser charged bombs including “precision bombs” which would help keep “collateral damage” to a minimum.

** Click to read my article: 'Obama and Biden...No Friends of Israel.'

*** Amongst those calling for Biden's impeachment for refusing to send certain promised arms to Israel by soliciting a “quid pro quo” with Israel, is U.S. Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) who filed articles of impeachment (HR 1220) on May 13, 2024 accusing Biden of “abusing his authority by leveraging vital military aid for policy changes.”

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Op-ed:

Obama and Biden...No Friends of Israel

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone,and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

Simply, Joe Biden is no friend to Israel nor was Barack Obama when he was in office. Two U.S. presidents speaking out of both sides of their mouths when it concerns the Jewish State of Israel. Two presidents twisting the knife deeper into the back of America's staunchest ally not just in the Middle East but in the world, all while capitalizing on political infamy that serves no one well.

And it started with Obama back in 2011, when he “demanded” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have Israel “retreat” to its pre-1967 borders, with “retreat” the Palestinian demand for peace negotiations to even begin. And Netanyhau's response to Obama was that, “the pre-1967 borders are 'indefensible,” which they then were...thus proving to all willing to listen that in his pushing for said borders Obama was making light of both Israel's right to determine and secure its own borders, and of her people's right to feel safe within said borders.

But little did the safety of Israeli citizens matter to Obama for he helped to usher in a decided change in U.S. policy towards the Jewish State. And what was initially but a small, could be patched-up split in U.S./Israeli relations grew wider, culminating in what I call Obama's “great divide”...a “divide” that not only further jeopardized said relations, but put Israel and the world in danger. More on that in a bit.

In fact, Obama's “demands” of Israel while president...including his “land swaps” fiasco that called for Israel to suspend all new settlement construction in the Israel owned West Bank...showed exactly who he personally...and thus our country...aligned with. Clearly, the Palestinian agenda was more important to Obama than was Israel's objective then as it is today...simply to live in peace without having to fear the Arab world that overwhelmingly surrounds them.

Now remember back to May 2015, when this man and his administration tried to interfere in Israel's election in an attempt to remove BiBi Netanyahu from office. And how exactly did Obama do this...simply by his funneling what were our taxpayer dollars to the State Department who in turn, then funneled those monies in the guise of grants... hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants...to a pair of “questionable” non-profit groups who used said monies to directly try to unseat Netanyahu. Don't believe me, then read this report, in full, in the July 12, 2016 edition of “THE TIMES OF ISRAEL.”

Also in 2015, in what I consider to be the worst of Obama's anti-Israel stances...the one that solidified what I call his aforementioned “great divide”...was when said “divide” was officially given a name, as in the “Joint Comprehension Plan of Action” (the JCPOA) otherwise known as “Obama's very bad nuclear deal.” Remember, this deal made in conjunction with the Israel-hating U.N., would allow Iran...the world's leading sponsor of terrorism...to join the club, if you will, of nuclear nations.

And while Obama and Iran claimed then and do still claim now courtesy of our puppet president, that Iran's goal has always been the development of “peaceful use” nuclear energy, Iran and the mullahs simply don't care that most know they've always been lying. And why should they care when Obama had to know Iran's true objective was to garner an arsenal of nuclear weapons, and yet he kept pushing the JCPOA down everyone's throat. A vile secret kept, while always hoping that Iran would not get caught “red handed” producing weapons that surely would be pointed directly at Israel.

But what's even more disturbing about the JCPOA is Obama's underhanded way in securing it. How so...in January 2016 while the deal was still in the final negotiates stage Obama, secretly in the middle of the night, sent $1.7 billion in cash (using non-U.S. currency) to the government of Iran...claiming it was the settlement of a decades-old arbitration claim between the U.S. and Iran. And this occurred within just days of his already having make a $400 million cash payment to Iran...a payment done on the very same day Tehran agreed to release four American held prisoners. Simply, what Obama did was what America never does, as in negotiating with terrorists by literally, in my opinion, “buying” said prisoners freedom, while at the same time the monies helped bring to fruition one of the worst deals any U.S. president ever made...a deal that not only jeopardized Israel, but the world as well. 

Want more? In December 2016, just one month before he was to leave office, Obama instructed our then U.N. ambassador to vote in favor of a resolution that allowed the Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in both the West Bank and East Jerusalem, calling them a “flagrant violation” of international law, thus having “no legal validity.” And Israel's response to Obama's turncoat action came courtesy of a statement from Netanyahu's office saying that, “Israel rejects this shameful anti-Israel resolution at the U.N. and will not abide by its terms.” In fact, Netanyahu's response went even further by rightfully blaming Obama for failing to “protect Israel against this gang-up at the UN” and “colluding with the country’s (as in Israel's) detractors.”

Three major back stabs to Israel courtesy of Obama occurred within a mere two years time, but he wasn't done yet for just as his time in office was finally reaching its end, he gave Israel the proverbial finger one last time by releasing $221 million to the Palestinians, monies House Republicans had been blocking. And Obama, true to form, did so in a most despicable manner via his sending a notification to Congress that said money release was signed and sealed just hours before Donald J. Trump was to be sworn into office as America's 45th president.

Simply, Obama's anti-Israel actions while in office coupled with his deep seated personal hatred of Netanyahu, laid the groundwork for Iran's probably, in time, securing nuclear weapons. And when you add in Joe Biden's current flip-flop Israeli policies, you know more problems lay ahead for Israel as Biden is basically continuing the anti-Israel policies of Obama.

How so? Biden's two-faced Israeli stance actually surfaced during his first trip to Israel as president when he told Netanyahu that, “I don't believe you have to be a Jew to be a Zionist, and I am a Zionist.” And while those words might be true in most cases, for Biden it's just one more in a long list of lies told. And when that's coupled with this year's caught on “hot mic” moment where he said, “I told him, Bibi, and don’t repeat this, but you and I are going to have a ‘come to Jesus’ meeting”...you just know that Israel has no real friend in Joe Biden...never has and never will.

And Biden's sorted history with Israel and Netanyahu not just dates back to when he was Obama's VP, but goes further back to when in 1973 while still a senator, the great Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir noticed that when meeting Biden for the first time that he outwardly “signaled his lack of diplomatic experience” when laying out concerns over Israel having seized land in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Also, in 1982, then Sen. Joe Biden was among a group of U.S. lawmakers who had a not so cordial meeting with then Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. And it was here where Biden pressed Begin to “halt” the building of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, while at the same time openly criticizing of other aspects of Israel’s policies.

And so a pattern emerged over the years of a two-faced Joe Biden showing support for Israel while in the public venue, but criticizing Israel's leaders and actions in private conversations not meant for public consumption. Embracing the art of “double speak” when it's to his political advantage, Biden recently reiterated his past words said that, “the Jewish State has a right to self-defense.” What are true words in every sense have now become but hollow words for Biden, as witnessed when soon after Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel, he tempered down those nine important words by saying that in any retaliation Israel undertakes that, “Israel must protect Iranian civilian lives.”

And so Joe Biden...who like Obama...cares more about Iranian lives than he does about Israeli lives, doesn't see that Israel is basically now fighting a “two front” war...a war they never wanted...a war that if Iran does not back down could, in time, turn nuclear dirty. And if Iran decides to go that route Biden best know that “collateral damage” will be high, and that diplomacy that might have worked... especially with a “different” president at America's helm... will most assuredly not work now.

So if “collateral damage” is something Biden really doesn't want...whether it be Palestinian or Iranian...the answer is simply to stand strong and united with Israel or keep your big mouth shut. Remember, the best one can hope for in any war is that when the fighting ends it's the “good guys” that won and that the “bad guys” lost, but for Obama's puppet it seems he wants it to be the other way around.

Why so? Since Hamas' October 7, 2023 savage attack on Israeli civilians, Biden has vacillated back and forth as to how Israel has responded. And while Israel has done what needs to be done, all seemed to reach a head when back in late March, Biden tried to “play tough” with Netanyau by laying down a “red line” that his actions in Gaza were “over the top,” and that he dare not cross into Rafah to remove the last “vestiges” of Hamas. Saying doing so would “risk killing more civilians” and create more problems in delivering “humanitarian assistance,” what Biden ignores is the fact that maybe, for now, no “assistance” will be allowed to go into Gaza. And why...because a “humanitarian crisis” is not a crisis when those needing aid are but the enemy in disguise.

And making matters worse, Biden said in a memorandum that Israel is committing “mass murder” and “war crimes” in Gaza, and that he will immediately cut off all aide to Israel unless he gets “assurance” that Israel agrees to meet “arbitrary deadlines” in regards to Gaza's “humanitarian crisis.” And yet nary a condemnation of Hamas nor their actions taken has come from the Palestinians...Palestinians still loyal to Hamas...nor did Biden mention the fate of Israeli hostages let alone the real “war crimes” committed by Hamas on “Black Saturday.”

Indoctrination and the hatred of Jews runs deep in these folks and might well take generations to overcome even when this war...as all wars do...finally ends. But for now it seems that Biden's true intentions mirrors those of Obama who recently said in an interview regarding Israel...an interview where he does say that Hamas' October 7th actions were “horrific” but added that, “Israel does need to bears responsibility” for the “unbearable occupation” of Gaza.

But what Obama willfully chooses to forget is exactly what Biden is oblivious to, as in the fact that Israel has not...I repeat not...occupied Gaza since 2005 when they withdrew all military forces and settlers from the Gaza “enclave.” Simply, the Palestinians fate was sealed when they willingly voted Hamas into power.

And so Joe Biden remains as he's always been...a joke on the world stage...a man who thinks he can tell Netanyahu how to run his country and fight the very war that could determine Israel's survival. No wonder Republicans continue criticizing Biden for being “insufficiently supportive” of Israel, while the Democrat party base criticizes his “tentative approach” to what they deem to be a Palestinian “human rights crisis.” A crisis of the Palestinians own creation...a crisis only they can fix. No excuses, no sympathy from me...case closed. 

Copyright © 2024 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved. 

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For more political commentary please visit my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's blog The National Patriot to read his latest article, College Chaos - We Should NOT Be Surprised.

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30th from 7-8:30pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss 'Obama and Biden...No Friends of Israel '; 'College Chaos - We Should NOT Be Surprised'; and important news of the day. Hope you can tune in to RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS on https://rspradio1.com Click 'LISTEN LIVE' starting at 6:50 pm EST with show beginning at 7pm EST.