Jake Wallis Simons Jake Wallis Simons

Joe Biden has failed Israel

Joe Biden (Credit: Getty images)

Another week, another confirmation that when it comes to jihadism, the Biden administration’s foreign policy occupies the nexus between incompetence and moral vacancy. We’ve observed the President’s strategic genius when it comes to the Taliban (withdraw), Iran’s nuclear ambitions (appease) and Hamas (thus far but no further). Now we are seeing it when it comes to Hezbollah.

With the conflict in Gaza winding down, Israel is being forced to turn its mind to its restive northern border. Over the last eight months, with the eyes of the world fixed firmly on Palestine, the parallel war – for that is what it has been – with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah has been under-reported. Thousands of rockets have been fired into the Jewish state by the Iranian proxy, killing and maiming indiscriminately. Tens of thousands of Israeli civilians have been displaced to the south, where they are living in hotels funded by the taxpayer.

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