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Biden Makes History: First President in 40 Years to Punt on Contacting Israel
WFB ^ | 12 Feb 2021 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 02/13/2021 3:30:32 PM PST by Rummyfan

White House doesn't list Israel as American ally

President Joe Biden is the first American leader in 40 years not to contact Israel’s leaders as one of his first actions in the White House, setting up what could be four years of chilly relations between America and its top Middle East ally.

Biden has already phoned multiple world leaders, including Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping, but during his 23 days in office has yet to speak with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu—making Biden the first president in modern history to punt on bolstering U.S.-Israel relations during his initial days in office. Every president going back to at least Ronald Reagan in 1981 made contact with their Israeli counterpart within a week of assuming office, according to a review of news reports.

Congressional foreign policy leaders slammed Biden’s Netanyahu snub, prompting a flurry of questions for White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who has declined to disclose when or if Biden will call the Israeli leader. Psaki also said on Friday the White House would not list Israel as a U.S. ally when asked about the relationship during her daily press briefing.

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Illogically, I think this is the thing he has done (or not done) in his short time in office that upsets me the most.
1 posted on 02/13/2021 3:30:32 PM PST by Rummyfan
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Why does it matter who he calls and how would anyone know?
And who cares?

Do you think world “leaders” are sitting around waiting to hear from him?


2 posted on 02/13/2021 3:32:58 PM PST by humblegunner (Balls To Picasso.)
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He probably just forgot that Israel even exists. It might be different if they had given his crackhead son a cushy, no-show seat on the board of one of their major companies. But they didn’t.


3 posted on 02/13/2021 3:33:00 PM PST by fhayek
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JINOs are thrilled. But hopefully a few Jews who vote straight-line Democrat have had their eyes opened.


4 posted on 02/13/2021 3:33:48 PM PST by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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Israel is a big boy, they can fend for themselves.


5 posted on 02/13/2021 3:33:50 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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Why would he contact Israel? Aren’t they the genocidal monsters his handlers tell him they are?


6 posted on 02/13/2021 3:34:11 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Netanyahu sucked up to Biden immediately after his election “victory” right after the media declared him the “winner” and Trump contested the results. I have zero sympathy for Bibi now. He’ll be gone soon anyway.


7 posted on 02/13/2021 3:34:50 PM PST by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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Just more proof that this is a fake presidency.

Does Joe Biden even know that he is playing president?


8 posted on 02/13/2021 3:35:15 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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Yes, some will refer to it as, “historical.”

I’d term it as, “Biden will live on in infamy.”


9 posted on 02/13/2021 3:35:59 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the Founders Party.)
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The U.S. and Israel are the last TWO dominoes that MUST FALL so that a NEW WORLD ORDER can prevail.


10 posted on 02/13/2021 3:37:46 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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Does Joe Biden even know that he is playing president?

Good question.

11 posted on 02/13/2021 3:38:33 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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Does Joe Biden even know that he is playing president?

I seriously doubt "Slow Joe" can tell the last time he used the bathroom.

12 posted on 02/13/2021 3:39:55 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: Rummyfan

unfortunately the majority of the Jewish vote will still go to the democRATS, just as it did in the last election. The words come to mind, “When will they ever learn”.


13 posted on 02/13/2021 3:40:14 PM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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He’s — and by “he” I mean his handlers — are trying to maintain plausible deniability with the Iranians after the next Israeli strike on Iranian nuke facilities/masterminds.

Why they would do that is beyond me, but it’s typical two-faced leftist twisting between that hopey/changey thing and reality.


14 posted on 02/13/2021 3:40:19 PM PST by nicollo (I said no!)
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Biden is Israels enemy as well as ours.
I wonder what God thinks about it.


15 posted on 02/13/2021 3:43:07 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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True, also has more to do with Netanyahu’s stance along with the whole Iran thing.


16 posted on 02/13/2021 3:45:35 PM PST by rollo tomasi
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This is Biden doing the work of the devil. Joe supports everything evil from abortion to gay manage and sexual deviancy. Joe Biden is an evil pervert and his son was raised to be the same way and is a proven degenerate. So is it any wonder the Joe Biden rejects the word of God and his chosen people? It is fearful thing to appose the will of God. God says He will bless those that bless Israel and curse those that curse Israel. Repent and change your ways Joe.


17 posted on 02/13/2021 3:48:18 PM PST by Mat_Helm
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We gotta get word to that guy in Biden’s earpiece!


18 posted on 02/13/2021 3:51:55 PM PST by browniexyz
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somebody forgot to close a
tag ...

19 posted on 02/13/2021 3:54:51 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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Illogically, I think this is the thing he has done (or not done) in his short time in office that upsets me the most.

I'm with you. I care a lot about Israel and Netanyahu so it upsets me, too.

20 posted on 02/13/2021 3:55:41 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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