ContradictionsIn the Middle East today, Joe Biden’s choice is between wholeheartedly supporting Israel and doing all he can to protect the innocents in Gaza. To be sure, US military aid—jet fighters, drones, and Special Forces—is supporting Israel’s operations in Gaza. Nor, at home, can Biden expect understanding from Palestinian and other Muslim communities—or even from progressive Jews—on his current policy. All these groups see the glaring contradiction, not the logic, of fully supporting Israel while calling for its restraint. The fundamental dilemma that Biden faces is that he is the inheritor of many decades of unqualified US support of Israel.
