Israel’s right and need to defend the safety of a refuge for Jews

[....] The U.S. government continues to advance the U.S. rulers’ class interests by pressing the government of Israel to agree to back off its decisive fight to defang Tehran, Hamas, et al. U.S. imperialism does not start from defending Jews from pogroms or Israel’s right to exist as an all-too-necessary refuge to Jews.

It’s only concern is the stability the U.S. capitalist class requires for its own profit-driven interests, including the Biden administration’s efforts to reach an accommodation with the regime in Tehran.

After Oct. 7 the White House warned Israel not to go into Rafah on the Gaza-Egypt border. It complained when an Israeli bombing raid killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. And now the Joseph Biden administration is telling Israel not to try to destroy Iran’s nuclear development facilities. But Israel’s capitalist government is not willing to put Israel’s existence and the lives of millions of Jews on the line by caving in to the U.S. rulers’ demands.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 27 that Israel will do everything it must to prevent Tehran from getting nuclear weapons.

The Times of Israel noted Oct. 7, 2024, that on Sept. 30, Biden had begun the day by calling for a “ceasefire now” between Israel and Hezbollah. “Hours later, the IDF announced that it had begun a series of raids aimed at dismantling Hezbollah posts on the Lebanese side of the border.”

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