Joe Biden: Career Defender of Israel’s Crimes and Impunity

Joe Biden has long facilitated Israel’s impunity. Now, as Gaza burns, he is doing it as president.

Jeremy Scahill, Paul Abowd

May 12 2021, 9:17 p.m. ET

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This picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyah shows smoke billowing from the site of an Israeli controlled explosion in the village of Bani Hayyan on August 13, 2026. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on August 12 condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israel's defence minister said its military was "destroying all the houses" there. (Photo by Ammar Ammar / AFP via Getty Images) /

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