Biden’s State Dept. and Amb. Nides Wrongly Criticize Israel Yet Won’t Publicly Condemn Palestinian Murderers, Murder-Inciter Abbas, and PA’s “Pay to Slay”

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:

The Biden State Department and outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides continue to illegally, hypocritically and wrongly threaten, harass, bully, insult, patronize, demean, blame and pressure Israel. Meanwhile, the Biden administration refuses to condemn Palestinian Arab terrorists by name; remained silent about rocket launches from the Palestinian Authority (PA); and fails to publicly condemn PA dictator Mahmoud Abbas’ and PA Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh’s incitement of murder and outrageous “pay to slay” payments to terrorists to murder Jews and Americans. The Biden administration does not treat other allies the unconscionable way that the administration treats Israel. Here are some of the latest instances of this (in addition to the instances we reported less than two weeks ago):

Selectively “Not Standing By”: On June 22, during an address to young Israelis and Palestinian Arabs in Tel Aviv, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said the Biden administration “will not stand by and watch settler violence occur.”

So why does the Biden administration continue to “stand by” in silence when PA leaders Abbas and Shtayyeh incite and pay Arabs to murder Jews – and when Arabs murder, maim and attack innocent Jews and their property every single day? Moreover, the Biden administration continues to indirectly fund these payments to murder Jews by paying the Palestinian Authority’s bills.

And why does the Biden administration “stand by” when left wing former Israeli prime ministers and NGOs promote dangerous demonstrations that due enormous civilian damage and shut down Israel’s airport and infrastructure? In fact, the Biden State Department funded a major NGO leading these demonstrations. (See “ZOA Condemns U.S. State Dept. Funding Anti-Israel Protest Organizers in Israel,” Mar. 13, 2023.)

And why does the Biden administration “stand by” while Muslim rioters are burning down France and Sweden and attacking Swedish diplomatic posts in the Middle East?

The Biden administration’s focus on primarily condemning Israel is unconscionable – and antisemitic.

View our comprehensive list of Biden administration appointments that have expressed hostile-to-Israel prejudices here.

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