Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions
This response:
“Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks.”
— WH Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, when asked about antisemitism
We say: After taking heat (even from Democrats) for that tone-deaf answer, the White House claimed Jean-Pierre misheard the question.
But she was reading from a script when she raised the specter of attacks on Muslims.
Clearly this was a key point Team Biden wanted her to convey, just days after the “hate-fueled” slaughter of Jews in Israel and a wave of antisemitic protests across the nation. It’s sickening.
This charge:
“A lot of people around the world see Russia and Israel [as] the same. . . . Israel is the occupier of the West Bank and Gaza.”
— MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan, Monday
We say: What a disgusting analogy — followed by a gross accusation.
Ukrainians didn’t murder Russian civilians; Vladimir Putin had no excuse for his war to gobble up Ukraine.
Yet Gazan terrorists did slaughter Israelis. And though Israel is now defending itself, it has no interest in taking over Gaza.
As for being an occupier, hello? Hamas has been the “occupier”; Israel hasn’t been in Gaza since 2005.
Both there and in the West Bank, its interests are limited mostly to security concerns.
(Oh, and there was never a Palestinian state in the West Bank to be “occupied” in the first place. Jordan ruled it until the 1967 Six-Day War.)
This column:
“Israel must stop weaponising the Holocaust”
— Raz Segal, The Guardian, Tuesday
We say: Does The Guardian have no shame?
Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, and on Oct. 7, Nazi-like storm troopers ruthlessly attacked them again, slaying 1,400 more.
Yet The Guardian runs Raz Segal urging the world to essentially forget about the Holocaust — presumably because he thinks Hamas was justified in its attack. Feel free to shake your head in disbelief.
Spot the difference:
“The Middle East is quieter than it has been for decades.”
— National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, November/December (print edition)
“The October 7 attacks have cast a shadow . . . But [our] disciplined approach . . . remains core to our [planning].”
— Sullivan, Foreign Affairs, Tuesday (online version)
We say: OMG! Team Biden clearly has no idea about what’s going on in the Mideast.
Sullivan’s essay for the magazine went to press days before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, but in it he bragged that President Biden’s approach “emphasizes deterring aggression” and “de-escalating conflicts” and that it’s been “bearing fruit.”
“We have de-escalated crises in Gaza,” he wrote.
Oops.
After Oct. 7, Foreign Affairs let him tone down the boast online, but he insists his team’s clueless approach won’t change. That’s scary!
Compiled by The Post Editorial Board
