For those who are confused or concerned or feeling timid about VP Biden's experiences in Israel, here is what the U.S. Jewish Daily Forward has to say in an editorial: "There were the expected handshakes and bear hugs, the slaps on the back and supportive words amiably expressed before the media. Just what ought to happen when Israel welcomes the vice president of the United States, the second in command of its greatest ally and the highest-ranking official of a still-new administration to visit Jerusalem."Then, dafka, the proverbial stab in the back." http://forward.com/articles/126573/

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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