Outgoing US President Joe Biden, who has persistently backed the Jewish state, grabbed a duplicate of a guide on Friday that characterised Israel as a colonial nation within the context of Palestinian resistance.
Biden was captured leaving Nantucket Bookworks and carrying a duplicate of “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017” written by Rashid Khalidi, an emeritus professor at Columbia University, in keeping with the New York Post.
Speaking to the Post, Khalidi mentioned that Biden was holding his guide, “I don’t communicate to the Post (or the Times, for that matter), so this isn’t for publication, however my response is that that is 4 years too late.”
The Biden administration has repeatedly backed Israel’s operations within the Middle East navy. Israel has regularly obtained navy support, weapons, and different types of help from the United States.
Did Biden buy the guide?
However, it is nonetheless unclear if Biden bought the guide or whether or not it was introduced to him throughout his go to to the store.
The creation of Israel is defined in “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine” as a “settler-colonial conquest,” which was met with Palestinian resistance. Khalidi, who’s well-known for his scathing criticism of US overseas coverage towards Israel, attacked Biden’s successor, President-elect Donald Trump, within the 2020 guide, calling his authorities a “mouthpiece for Israel.” He additionally referred to the federal government of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as “essentially the most excessive authorities” within the historical past of the nation.
Both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists have slammed Biden’s administration, and he has lengthy recognized as a Zionist. “You do not must be a Jew to be a Zionist. I’m a Zionist,” he declared throughout his assembly with Israeli President Isaac Herzog final yr.
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Netizens react to Biden grabbing anti-Israel guide
Several social media customers have been fast to react to the image displaying Biden grabbing the anti-Israel guide, with one writing on X, “He has no concept what he is holding.”
“Where is ‘Palestine’?” one other requested.
“Who is he kidding? Biden would not have the psychological energy to learn a comic book guide not to mention critical non fiction,” a 3rd person chimed in.
However, a fourth person pressured, “I want all our presidents will learn this guide and cease supporting Israel,” whereas the fifth one referred to as the entire Biden episode “staged”.