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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden
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Trump, Biden, Harris, and Walz, who are pro or anti-Jewish, pro or anti-Israel?

Trump’s slander for others and self-praising don’t always reflect the facts

Facts over analysis over rumors, deeds over words over character.

America and NATO more need a democrat and not a dictator (lover) than Israel needs a pro-Israel POTUS. We survived rabidly Antisemitic US presidents, and we can take another four years. The US first needs to save its soul and democracy. Don’t worry about us, as I blogged earlier.

Rumor has it that Trump is pro-Israel and the rest are anti-Israel. That says most about the self-praise and slander from the Trump campaign.

Trump

This very accomplished Jewish author just wrote that Trump failed her terribly by starting a whisper campaign against Shapiro as Harris’s VP. He must be anti-Jewish. She so much wanted a Jewish VP again. He ruined it. It’s not enough that the First Gentleman will be a Jew?

It didn’t occur to her that he went against Shapiro as Harris’s VP because the guy is too hard to beat. Besides, Trump wants the Jewish vote. It was a two-for-the-price-of-one that he could then accuse the Democrats of being anti-Jewish. All that doesn’t mean he’s anti-Jewish or pro-Jewish.

In a counter-op-ed, it’s suggested that Shapiro rather was blocked because of anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist sentiments among the Democrats. Maybe, an alleged sex-scandal by a Republican staffer to Shapiro played a role too.

But whatever the case, Trump is nobody’s friend. He has three friends only: I, me, and myself. He uses people. Besides, he’s too uneducated to understand or recognize racism, sexism, Antisemitism, etc. He declared he only trusts the guys with the black pieces of cloth on their heads with his money. That makes him as pro-Jewish as a butcher is pro-cow.

But Trump huddles with dictators, Nazis, and racists and wants to be the US’s dictator from day one. ‘Tell me who your friends are and I’ll know who you are.’ How then can Trump disappoint you? He also has a terrible character: selfish, dishonest, rude, violent, flatterer—how did you ever think he was pro-Jewish? How were you ever pro-Trump?

I don’t know what’s worse, US Jews supporting Chamas or Trump.

But Trump is now a mess. Soon, Project 2025 will switch him for Haley.

Biden

Most US presidents were pro-Jewish (lighting Channukah candles in the White House), but many were anti-Israel nevertheless (including Obama).

Not so Biden. He argues with Netanyahu because he sees him as a rightwing scoundrel. He’s advised by an Anti-Zionist State Department. Take that into account, and you understand, he’s one of the greatest supporters Israel ever had.

He flew in after October 7 several times. Trump never came. He repeatedly called October 7, Netanyahu letting the US down with this failure.

Already twice, he made an international coalition to prevent Iran from hurting Israel.

He enlarged the American military presence to tell Chezbollah and Iran not to dare attack Israel or else, to prevent a regional war.

He keeps sending enormous amounts of military aid to Israel despite many in his party having serious problems not believing Chamas.

Biden is one of the greatest friends Israel ever had in the White House.

Harris

I do not trust her with Israel at all.

What she now says is to have the Jewish vote and not lose the Arab vote.

Her Jewish husband means Channukah candles—but support for Israel?

But, as I argued above, it won’t matter. Vote for her to save America first.

Walz

He will be the dark horse Zionist—mark my words.

His dissertation was about Holocaust education.

Just like Biden, he’s maligned as anti-Jewish. Means nothing. It is proper to maintain good relationships with Muslim and Jewish leaders.

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MM is a prolific and creative writer and thinker, previously a daily blog contributor to the TOI. He often makes his readers laugh, mad, or assume he's nuts—close to perfect blogging. He's proud that his analytical short comments are removed both from left-wing and right-wing news sites. None of his content is generated by the new bore on the block, AI. * As a frontier thinker, he sees things many don't yet. He's half a prophet. Half. Let's not exaggerate. Or not at all because he doesn't claim G^d talks to him. He gives him good ideas—that's all. MM doesn't believe that people observe and think in a vacuum. He, therefore, wanted a broad bio that readers interested can track a bit what (lack of) backgrounds, experiences, and educations contribute to his visions. * This year, he will prioritize getting his unpublished books published rather than just blog posts. Next year, he hopes to focus on activism against human extinction. 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