Biden says the U.S. would have to invent an Israel if it didn't exist. Why?

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

During his recent trip to the United States, Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave a speech before the United States Congress. Mainstream media coverage of his speech has focused on two points: the unbreakable “sacred” bond between Israel and the U.S., and the idea that calling Israel a racist state is antisemitic.