If anyone was wondering when the Biden administration would fully bend the knee to the "ceasefire now" radicals on its left flank, the answer was Thursday, November 30th. Leaked remarks from a private meeting between Israel's war cabinet and the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, show that Biden and his cohorts have fully thrown Israel under the bus. 

According to reports, during the meeting, Israel's defense minister expressed resolve to eliminate Hamas as a military and political force. Instead of showing support or even understanding, Blinken reportedly responded, "I don’t think you have the credit for that."

According to Ch. 12 report, Blinken clashed with Israel’s war cabinet about the next phase in the Gaza operation.

“I don’t think you have the credit for that,” Blinken reportedly told the defense minister about his stated goal to “dismantle Hamas, even if it takes months.” pic.twitter.com/qAFnJ2YvAC

— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) November 30, 2023

In other words, the Biden administration has officially lost its stomach for the elimination of a terrorist government that continues to carry out attacks inside Israel. Imagine if Israel had demanded the United States stop fighting Al Qaeda after less than two months. Would that have made any sense? 

Keep in mind, this is the same Biden administration that has repeatedly pledged to back Ukraine for "as long as it takes." I guess Israel, which is in a far better military position to deal with its enemy, doesn't get that same treatment. Why? Israel is a much more committed ally than Ukraine. So what's the difference? 

The difference is international opinion driven by rank antisemitism within the United Nations, and Biden, Blinken, and the rest of their cohorts do not have the backbone to stand up to that. Instead, they'd rather bend the knee to the street mobs chanting for genocide and raising swastikas. It's cowardice of the highest level. The United States expected its allies to stand by it for years in the fight against Al Qaeda, but we are abandoning Israel seven weeks into their war with Hamas. Some ally we are. 

Sen. Tom Cotton responded to the news with the following. 

The idea that after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, Israel needs "credit" to defend itself is outrageous.

Blinken and Biden should be ashamed.

The American people stand with Israel--even if Biden does not. https://t.co/MPcJFMjrro

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) November 30, 2023

Cotton is right. It is outrageous to suggest that Israel doesn't have the credit to destroy a terrorist group that just killed 1,400 people in the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. He's also right that the majority of Americans support Israel's fight, no matter how loud the pro-Hamas mobs get.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu didn't take any of Blinken's nonsense lying down either. He responded with fire and a promise to keep going. 

PM Netanyahu:

"I have just concluded a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, shortly after Hamas murderers murdered people here in Jerusalem. I told him that it is the same Hamas.

It is the same Hamas that perpetrated the terrible massacre on October 7th and the…

— Ofir Gendelman (@ofirgendelman) November 30, 2023

His post continued:

It is the same Hamas that perpetrated the terrible massacre on October 7th and the same Hamas that is trying to murder us everywhere. 

I told him: We have sworn, I have sworn, to eliminate Hamas. Nothing will stop us. 

We will continue this war until we achieve the three goals: Freeing all of our hostages, completely eliminating Hamas and ensuring that no threat like this will ever come from Gaza again."

In other words, the Biden administration can go pound sand. It is unworkable for Israel to allow Hamas to survive this war, especially after it carried out yet another attack on Thursday. The terrorist government's leadership is not hiding the ball. They are pledging to keep killing Jews, calling October 7th just a "dress rehearsal." That may not be clear enough for Blinken and company, but it's clear enough for Israel.