WASHINGTON (JNS) — U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) called the March 2019 U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights as “a blatant political move” to benefit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections later that month.
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In a statement, Neera Tanden, the president and CEO of the left-wing public policy and advocacy group Center for American Progress, called the 2019 “unilateral decision” by U.S. President Donald Trump “a blatant political move to boost the chances of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israeli elections and earn political points here at home.”
“Unfortunately, it could actually destabilize the region, isolate the United States, and diminish the chances of Arab-Israeli peace even further,” she continued. “Yet again, President Trump is conducting policy by tweet without explaining how this move fits into a broader strategy, consulting with allies and partners, or even briefing the U.S. Congress.”
The OMB is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President, which oversees the performance of federal agencies and administers the federal budget.
Tanden also accused Trump of having “expanded his political stunts by tweeting that the Democratic Party is anti-Israel and anti-Jewish. That is not only absurd and divisive but also a dangerous game that tries to use the American Jewish community as a pawn and treats anti-Semitism as a political weapon. This is a foreign policy out of control.”
Despite Tanden’s critical statement, under her leadership, the Center for American Progress hosted Netanyahu in November 2015. The invite garnered backlash from far-left groups.
“Unfortunately, it could actually destabilize the region…”
Ummm. Actually, no. So far, 4 Arab countries in the region have signed normalization treaties with Israel.
If anything, they finally respect Israel and the US for having spines. Well, maybe only one of them now.
Unless she and her ilk regard Arab animosity toward Israel as “stable”.
Wasn’t a blatant move to help both Trump and Netanyahu???
Typical Biden pick even his Jews are not strong backers of Jewish issues
It was a political move, to try to get more votes.