The Islamic Republic of Iran's Role in helping U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) Hamas carry out its Oct. 7 attacks against Israel reflects the degree of intensity and coordination that comprised the horrifying events unfolding that day.
America's retreat in the region, coupled with the financial windfall granted to Islamic terrorists by the Biden administration, also paved the way for the regime's freedom of movement against Israel.
With that said, faulty presidential policies are not the sole reason underpinning America’s strategic strengthening of Iran and its proxies.
Sensing the diplomatic shift among Democrats, America's adversaries correctly calculated our nation's political and cultural temperature, which began a steady march to the left over the last 10 years.
Elected in 2018, the four original members of "The Squad" have consistently added to their ranks with each passing election and successfully moved the Democrats foreign policy needle away from backing Israel.
This year's Gallup poll found that Democrats' sympathies in the Mideast now lie more with the Palestinians than they do with Israelis (49% versus 38%).
Furthermore, the survey reflects a societal drift evident to Israel's enemies, who regard progressives sidelining American interests in favor of symbolic revolutions as comrades in the demonization of the Jewish state.
The terrorist assaults against Israel indicates that the party has reached a threshold in its capacity to excuse antisemitic behavior while simultaneously employing lofty rhetorical assurances about aligning with Israel.
On October 16, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., took to X to say "We can't look away. Please keep calling for a ceasefire and an end to this atrocity."
Why hasn't Congresswoman Omar ever condemned Hamas or called on Hamas to release the hostages?
It took only eight days after the horrific attacks against the Jewish nation for President Biden to buckle under progressive pressure and reiterate his call for "a path to a Palestinian state."
In the coming weeks, demands for Israeli restraint will reverberate among the liberal ruling class who have spent years promoting antisemites to powerful positions.
In 2021, anti-Israel activist Maher Bitar was selected to serve as Biden's senior director for intelligence programs at the National Security Council.
Before working in multiple roles for Democrats, Bitar led the antisemitic group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Georgetown University, where he organized the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign against Israel.
The chilling images of SJP rallies on campus and in cities may soon make their way to Congress. While serving as Speaker of the House last Spring, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., canceled a request by Rep. Rashida Tlaib , D-Mich., to hold an event commemorating the establishment of the State of Israel as a Nakba, defined as "catastrophe" in Arabic.
After minimal pushback from Democratic colleagues, and with guidance from Squad ally Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Tlaib's event was relocated to a Senate-held room, where a standing-room-only crowd listened to the congresswoman libel Israel as an "apartheid state."
As some of Tlaib's Democratic friends struggle to condemn the atrocities carried out by Hamas, the Michigan lawmaker continues to insist on displaying the Palestinian flag outside her congressional office.
Responding to Tlaib's provocations, Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, sponsored an appropriations amendment last week banning the flying of foreign flags in Congress.
Citing the dangers surrounding Tlaib's decision, Congressman Miller correctly maintains, "Taxpayer dollars should not be used to display the symbols of other countries in the halls of Congress, particularly when those symbols are inextricably tied to the hatred Hamas has for the State of Israel.
"Hate has no place on Capitol Hill, and the symbols of antisemitism espoused and practiced by Hamas must be banned."
Perhaps most disturbing is that far-left politicians, rationalizing Islamic terrorist behavior, are successfully moving the congressional foreign policy goal post further from support for Israel.
In a letter sent very recently to Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 55 House Democrats launched into predictable requests for Israeli restraint while offering false equivocations between Israel and its terrorist enemies through communicating a desire "to work for peace in the region that will bring an end to these ceaseless cycles of violence."
Though ultimately failing in their efforts, Democrats unanimously voting to preserve Omar's seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) in a 218-211 party-line vote earlier this year also underscores that should Republicans lose the House, lawmakers espousing troubling positions will gain coveted spots on various committees.
Over the years, Democrats' political tenor telegraphed to Israel's detractors a lack of sincerity in its commitment to nurturing the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Rising congressional hostility towards Israel was also bolstered by organizations, most notably the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and the The Women's March, whose original platforms and founding leaders openly showcased antisemitic sentiments.
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors calling for the destruction of Israel in 2015 didn't preclude millions from coalescing around the group in 2020, including hundreds of Jewish associations, who forfeited their particularism in favor of rallying as objects caught in the intersectional ideological crosshairs.
Rather than partner with Black leaders, such as Pastor Dumisani Washington or civil rights activist Robert Woodson, who are committed to enhancing relationships across communities, Democrats subscribing to institutional principles driven by grievance projected a diminished national posture to our enemies abroad.
For their part, those who three years ago placed a black square as their profile picture but who today voice support for Israel have some reconciling to do.
Sadly, our nation's schools bear some responsibility for fomenting the influence of unsavory enterprises, as academic establishments participated in national walkouts and used children as social justice stooges by swallowing organizational positions to accommodate a fashionable ideological agenda.
Democrats' deepening tapestries of political appointments and cultural developments communicated to officials overseas that America was weakening relations with Israel.
Right now, Democrats have a very clear decision to make; good versus evil, demonic forces versus humanity.
History will remember and judge where they plant their flag in the sand.
Irit Tratt is an independent writer residing in New York. She obtained her Masters in International Affairs with a focus on the Mideast from George Washington University. She has worked as a legislative assistant for several members of Congress. She maintains her advocacy work through her involvement with organizations such as The Tikvah Fund, The Republican Jewish Coalition, and The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Irit is a steering committee member on the Board of Fellows at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). Ms. Tratt has been published in The Jerusalem Post, The American Spectator, The Algemeiner, JNS, and Israel Hayom. Read More of Irit Tratt's Reports — Here.
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