American President Joe Biden visited Israel on Wednesday, October 18, to praise the United States’ support for the war against Hamas and to release humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza as the enclave is under the unrelenting siege of the Israeli army . This Thursday morning, the American president is on the front page of all newspapers and media in Israel.
Published on: October 19, 2023 – 12:29
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michael Paul
It’s worth rubbing your eyes. The daily Haaretz, the opposition newspaper in Israel, calls Joe Biden a north star for Israel. A columnist from the same newspaper expressed his feelings in a headline after the White House chief’s visit: Biden is good for the Jews. “I met the most important Zionist leader in the world, President Biden,” writes a journalist. Photos everywhere of the president kissing the families of the hostages held in Gaza.
Two immediate results for Israel after this visit: unprecedented military aid and also the fact that Biden supports the Israeli versionExplosion at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. On this subject, Nahum Barnéa, one of Israel’s best-known columnists, paraphrases Bill Clinton after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in two words: Toda Haver, “Thanks to our friend.” For this journalist, Islamic Jihad’s failed shot was far more effective than any successful volleys.
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Al-Sissi, King Abdullah and Mahmoud Abbas were clear that meeting Biden would only fuel the crowd’s anger against them. With the planned opening of a humanitarian corridor, Israel is losing one of its greatest assets, says Israel Hayom, the right-wing newspaper with a very large circulation.
Maariv believes in headlines that the whole world is giving the green light to the Israeli offensive. And then this article predicting that Netanyahu will eventually have to go, but that his hateful supporters will likely replace him with a new Bibi who is worse than his predecessor.