Letter to the Editor: Joel Schancupp

Letter to the Editor,

If you are Jewish or believe that Israel has a right to exist, you need to vote for Trump in November. Not because I like a markedly flawed Trump but because Israel has a better chance to survive under Trump’s policies. Can we really take a chance on the schizophrenic and untrustworthy policies of the Biden-Harris/Walz administration? Israel needs American support. You as a voter have the capability to ensure that the best chance for Israel to exist is under Republican leadership.

Your European ancestors went to concentration camps not knowing that there would be a country called Israel and that you could vote as an American citizen to ensure the probability that Israel could survive in a very bad neighborhood. Israel cannot make one fatal mistake against its enemies and you cannot make a mistake by taking a chance on a Democratic administration which has shown questionable Israeli support as demonstrated by the following examples: Harris refusing to attend the recent speech that Netanyahu gave to Congress; President Biden saying that Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a deal with Hamas right after the six hostages were executed; Walz purposely ignoring a journalist’s question about the six murdered hostages and recently telling a Michigan radio station that those Americans protesting American support for Israel’s war against Hamas are doing so for “all the right reasons;” President Biden withholding arms to Israel during the war and telling Netanyahu not to proceed with his planned operation in Rafah where Hamas had hunkered; the press fawning over Harris’s husband being Jewish and yet raised a daughter who posted a link to donate to the UNRWA.

Kamala Harris does not have a long history of Israeli support like most career Democrats including Biden and look how much Biden wobbled on Israeli support. Don’t be surprised if Harris goes further left on Israeli support than what she says before the election. Please don’t be ignorant or believe that a Democratic president or politician will always have Israel’s back. Actions speak louder than the words given at political rallies, conventions, or during a debate. The survival of Israel should be the litmus test for you for the upcoming election. Please vote for Trump who is the candidate who will conduct American policies so that Israel can survive.

Joel Schancupp, Atlanta