Ben Rhodes Wildly Wrong on Israel and Gaza

Fresh off the Thanksgiving holiday, the New York Times gave an unprecedented half-page over to Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama, for a frothing screed. Titled “This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza,” the essay is a series of mischaracterizations about the conflict in Gaza and Israel’s conduct clothed as a serious policy autopsy. It is most accurately summed up as a plea for the Democratic Party to turn its back on Israel.

This should come as no surprise, considering Rhodes was so critical of Israel during his White House tenure that he earned the nickname “Hamas.” Yet the claims in the article deserve refutation.

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Brett Schaefer

Brett Schaefer is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focusing on the United Nations and international organizations.

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Danielle Pletka

Danielle Pletka is a distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the host, with Marc Thiessen, of the podcast What the Hell Is Going On? and the related Substack.

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Fresh off the Thanksgiving holiday, the New York Times gave an unprecedented half-page over to Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama, for a frothing screed. Titled “This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza,” the essay is a series of mischaracterizations about the conflict in Gaza and Israel’s conduct clothed as a serious policy autopsy. It is most accurately summed up as a plea for the Democratic Party to turn its back on Israel.

This should come as no surprise, considering Rhodes was so critical of Israel during his White House tenure that he earned the nickname “Hamas.” Yet the claims in the article deserve refutation.

BS

About the Author

Brett Schaefer

Brett Schaefer is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute focusing on the United Nations and international organizations.

DP

About the Author

Danielle Pletka

Danielle Pletka is a distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the host, with Marc Thiessen, of the podcast What the Hell Is Going On? and the related Substack.