Webinar: US-Israel relations under the Biden administration

The progressive attack on the culture of the United States and its foreign policy have weakened both the foundations of our Republic and our foreign policy. America will need in the coming years to rediscover and reinforce those foundations and return to robust foreign policy with a strong moral compass divined for freedom.

Our relationship with Israel will play an important role in this effort.

The assault on the idea of Israel over the last 75 years was more than an attack on a fellow democracy, but a proxy for an attack by progressives and freedom’s global adversaries.

Once the United States decides to return to its leadership of the free world, it is inescapable that the damage done will require years of reconstruction of both U.S. power and U.S. alliances. During that period, we will need to rely more than ever on regional allies to help carry the burden strategically so that our vital interests are preserved. For this very reason, our greatest adversaries seek to weaken and attack Israel, and work hard to drive a wedge between Jerusalem and Washington.

Yet the Biden administration is accelerating the trend started during the Obama administration of reducing our special relationship with Israel, creating a false balance between the Jewish state and the Arabs of Palestine, undermining Israeli attempts to organize a regional alliance to deal with our common adversaries like Iran, joining in disproportionate criticism of Israel in international forums, and undoing the historic correction of moving our embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing the city as the capital of the Jewish nation.

Finally, rather than accept the democratic verdict of the Israeli people in recent elections, the Biden administration is questioning the very foundations of the U.S.-Israeli relationship.

The Center for Security Policy hosted a discussion of how to improve the U.S.-Israeli relationship during this critical period on Tuesday, December 20.