It goes w/o saying that a Torah Jew is not in favor of Trump OR Biden. Neither of them stands for pure Torah values neither on a personal nor on a public level [not that we expect them to.....].
WHOMEVER gets elected, we can be sure that Corona isn't going away. The millions of dead are gone and the economic destruction that we are experiencing can be rectified only by Hashem. Neither Trump nor Biden [nor Harris who will probably end up being President given Biden's age and clear decline in mental agility and clarity] will bring the incredibly divided and fractured American people together. The problems we have now are very serious and we need SERIOUS רחמי שמים!!!
The question is - Who will do more damage? This is an article I was sent [by a big Talmid Chochom] from the JPost [by Isi Leibler. But here is a better endorsement] that it is worth contemplating. There are good Jews who feel that Biden is the man. Maybe they are right. My expertise [if I have any] is not politics. But my main concern is the future of Israel, the Jewish people, the American people and the fate the entire planet. ALL OF THAT IS DEPENDENT [בדרך הטבע] on the upcoming election. It is THE MOST important Presidential election, if not in the history of the USA, then at least in the last 4 years....:-).
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A decade ago, it would have been inconceivable to have traditional Jewish-dominated constituencies abandoning support for long-standing pro-Israel congressmen and electing anti-Israel and even openly antisemitic candidates. One of these, Rep. Ilhan Omar (who in a recent primary defeated Antone Melton-Meaux, a well-funded pro-Israel candidate), was nominated – with the support of House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi – to the influential Foreign Affairs Committee. For an open antisemite to be approved for membership on such an important congressional committee without a protest from the major Jewish organizations (other than the ZOA) reflects not merely cowardliness, but the abject collapse of American Jewry’s political influence.
In less than three months, elections will take place in the US. Should the most pro-Israel administration be displaced by a radicalized Biden administration, it would portend a great danger to Israel.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden, having already displayed a willingness to succumb to pressure by the radicals, is not young, and seems to be suffering from dementia. Should he win the election, he may not even see out his term in office. His nominated vice president, Sen. Kamala Harris, a woman of color, boasts a radical voting record in the Senate. If Biden steps down or is incapacitated, she would automatically become president.
However, in relative terms, from an Israeli standpoint Harris was nevertheless by far the preferred candidate on his vice presidential short list. In the past she has condemned BDS, spoken at two earlier AIPAC meetings and professed support for Israel. However, when campaigning in the Democratic primaries, she refused to attend the 2019 AIPAC conference and chose to hold private meetings with AIPAC’s leadership to avoid a backlash from the progressive elements of the Democratic Party.
She endorses Biden’s determination to reinstate America’s support for the 2015 Iran nuclear arms deal and renew support and funding for the Palestinian Authority. It is very disconcerting that she recently appointed pro-BDS far-leftist Karine Jean-Pierre as her chief of staff.
Like Biden, she will also be under pressure from anti-Israel radicals, whose influence is dramatically expanding, and will wish to reinstate Obama administration political appointees who promote an “even-handed” policy that regards Israelis and terrorists as moral equivalents. Chief among these is Susan Rice, former national security adviser, one of many key former Obama advisers who are negative toward Israel. They are the leading contenders for secretary of state and other key positions in a Biden administration.
A politically dysfunctional Israel and a hostile US administration could pose a daunting threat.
But once again, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled a rabbit out of his hat. With the help of US President Donald Trump, he brought about the peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates, postponing any moves to annex territory. [Brokered by Jared Kushner and Avi Berkowitz who met on the basketball court at a Pesach program in Arizona. You Jews....]
One cannot underestimate the importance of this achievement and what is likely to follow. It sets the foundations for Israel’s peace policy goals and demonstrates to the Palestinians that the Sunni Arab world today does not support their intransigence. It creates a new economic, social and security pact that will benefit the entire region and isolate Iran. Additional Muslim countries, outside the Iranian-Turkish bloc and its surrogates, will forge diplomatic relations with Israel. The Palestinians will then hopefully realize that there is no alternative to direct negotiations with Israel to bring about peace and an end of the conflict.
Should Trump be reelected, those seeking to undo Western civilization and promote antisemitism will be neutralized and the wide Arab-Israeli peace process is likely to expand across the region.
However, should Biden win, the situation may quickly deteriorate. Despite the advances reflected by the peace treaty with the UAE, a radical Democratic administration, bolstered by the Europeans, will continue seeking to pressure Israel to revert to the 1967 boundaries as a starting point for any negotiations and undermine any prospects to forge full relations between Israel and other Sunni states.
But if now we have a united Israel dominated by a centrist government, it will largely neutralize the “progressives” and Europeans – who will no longer be able to claim that Israel is run by an extremist right-wing government. It may also encourage American Jewish leaders to speak out in our favor.
We desperately need to capitalize on this achievement and unite.
If that happens, setting aside coronavirus, we have grounds for greater optimism in the regional arena than ever before.
