Biden Lights the Beacon, for Israel, Ukraine and the World
The US president will bundle support for Israel and Ukraine because there’s no other way, and because they really are connected.
Against hate in all its forms.
Photographer: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Just hours after returning from Israel, US President Joe Biden spoke from the Oval Office to remind Americans of something many in this polarized nation have begun to doubt. It’s that the US is a “beacon to the world — still.” It’s that America is the “essential,” the “indispensable” nation.
Abroad, “American leadership is what holds the world together,” Biden said, in explaining why the US must keep supporting both Israel and Ukraine. And at home, America must reject hatred in all forms, including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. “I see you. You belong,” Biden said, looking into the camera as though meeting the eyes of every Jewish and Muslim American.