“He needs to say, ‘I’m for Israel, but I’m not for this extreme rightwing government.’ And that means if [Netanyahu] defies the United States, not allowing aid, or going into Rafah” – which Biden has said must not happen but Netanyahu has said will – “[then] no more weapons transfers … unconditionally.
“It means not protecting [Netanyahu] from the entire international community at the United Nations, it means recognising a Palestinian state. And those are the things I think some of the Arab American community want.”
Asked about a looming clash over Rafah, Khanna highlighted Netanyahu’s behaviour, refusing to heed Biden’s warning that the attack would represent a “red line”.
“What I disagree with and sort of the media narrative on this [is that] Netanyahu and Biden, somehow they’re equals,” Khanna said.
“They’re not. We’re the greatest superpower in the world. We’re giving Netanyahu weapons. He needs to be deferential with respect to the American president, whoever that is. And I find it insufferably arrogant for him to act as if he’s somehow an equal to the American president. And that’s just going to rub people the wrong way.
Exactly.
If the US didn’t support Israel, Israel wouldn’t still be around.
Unconditional support just makes them act like they’re always right.
Think of it like a toddler, if you only tell them good things and never punish them, you’re going to end up with an entitled little shit that constantly causes problems and if there’s any repercussions, then drag the parent into the fight while hurling insults from under their moms skirt.
They’re not talking about Biden physically hugging Netanyahu himself, but his diplomatic strategy with respect to Israel. Basically pledging unwavering support so that Israel can be talked down and restrained from doing all that it might otherwise do.
Except it’s unclear exactly how it’s worked here, perhaps apart from preventing some potentially huge escalation in the North against Hezbollah and Lebanon.
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