Opinion US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, July 13, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad US President Joe Biden’s whirlwind visit to the Middle East produced few tangible gains in terms of restoring Israeli-Palestinian negotiations or promises to increase Saudi oil production. But Biden, long regarded as a heartfelt supporter of Israel, stated his firm opposition to calling Israel an “apartheid state,” and declared that those who do so are “mistaken.” The ramifications of this, and the joint declaration by the US and Israel which made it...