Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted a message on X saying “Hamas [hearts] Biden.”  This stirred up the opposition party leader Yair Lapid and Israel’s limp-wristed President Isaac Herzog. What none of his critics is answering begs the question: Isn’t he right?

Internal security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of the Jewish Power party tweeted, and later deleted, a message on X saying: “Hamas [hearts] Biden.”  The bright red heart emoji was a red flag to Bibi-haters, who immediately demanded that PM Benajmin Netanyahu sack Ben-Gvir.

Opposition head Yair Lapid, who as PM agreed to send Israel’s ammunition reserves to Ukraine, led a charge of lawmakers from his side of the aisle attacking Ben-Gvir, known for his brash online trolling, and accusing him of reducing US support for Israel. Joining the criticism was President Isaac Herzog.

“If [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu does not fire Ben Gvir today, he is endangering every soldier in the IDF and every citizen in the State of Israel,” Lapid breathed in a statement on Thursday morning. He later called on Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, the first two members of the war cabinet and the third an observe — to press for Ben Gvir’s firing.

The three should “not suffice with condemnations this time, they should demand the dismissal of Itamar Ben Gvir,” Lapid said.

Ben Gvir’s tweet was one of many from government figures Thursday morning following Biden’s warning that the US would stop providing offensive weapons to Israel if it pushed ahead with a planned offensive in Rafah, seen as the last major Hamas redoubt in Gaza but also home to over a million displaced Gazans who are sheltering there after fleeing other parts of the Strip.

Others, including Israeli envoy to the UN Gilad Erdan, also charged that Biden’s comments gave satisfaction to the terror group, but used more diplomatic language.

At a state ceremony commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany, Herzog licked up to Biden, calling him “a great friend of the State of Israel… who proved as such from the first day of the war.”

“Even when there are disagreements and moments of disappointment between friends and allies, there is a way to clarify the disputes and it is beholden upon all of us to avoid baseless, irresponsible and insulting statements and tweets that harm the national security and the interests of the State of Israel,” he added, without mentioning Ben Gvir by name.

Labor MK Efrat Rayten warned in a tweet that “the potential damage to Israel from this infantile tweet is incalculable.”

“This isn’t Ben Gvir the provocateur, but the national security minister of the state of Israel writing in English so the whole world will know what Netanyahu thinks,” she posted. “If Netanyahu doesn’t strongly and publicly condemn this tweet, then he is signing his name under it.”

Several Yesh Atid MKs followed the lead of party head Lapid in calling for Ben Gvir to be fired and labeling him a danger to national security.

“A government of total idiots, anti-Israel and criminal,” the faction’s Vladimir Beliak said on X.

Speaking at police headquarters for a pre-Independence Day ceremony, Ben Gvir appeared to defiantly brush away the criticism, counseling that Israel should not put too much trust in its foreign allies.

“We celebrate the independence of the State of Israel, even as many challenge it,” he said. “Victory depends on us alone. You have to fight without compromise. We have no one to rely on but ourselves and our Father in heaven.”

The criticism echoed the chorus against Ben Gvir last month after he tweeted “Lame!” after an Israeli pinprick strike in Iran meant to respond to Tehran’s massive missile and drone attack on Israel.

At the time, unnamed government officials close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were quoted by Channel 12 news calling the far-right minister “childish and irrelevant to any discussion.” They accused him of causing extensive damage on national security, the report said. But then again, Channel 12 seizes any opportunity to attack either.

For all the left-wing and media criticism, no one seems ready to answer a simple question about Ben-Gvir’s tweet. Isn’t it true? Aren’t Biden’s words and actions an almost unimaginable victory for the terror group? Aren’t they a huge reward for the anti-Semitic protesters raging on US campuses?

If Hamas doesn’t love Biden, somebody should. Because he won’t be around much longer.