The president’s response echoes his longtime pro-Israel attitude. But could draw criticism if Israel roars into Gaza.
has described the Hamas attack on Israel as evidence of “unadulterated evil” and bloodthirsty “brutality.” He has relayed unconfirmed Israeli reports of decapitated babies. He has evoked the Holocaust, speaking of taking his children to visit concentration camps when they were teenagers.
“While I have been, and remain, deeply critical of the Biden Administration, the moral, tactical, diplomatic and military support that it has provided Israel over the past few days has been exceptional,” David Friedman, who served as President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Israel,The president has used his remarks this week to voice indignation at those behind the attack that killed more than 1,300 people in Israel, including at least 27 Americans.
“We’re surging additional military assistance, including ammunition and interceptors to replenish Iron Dome,” Biden said Tuesday, adding that he would be asking Congress to fund a new aid package for Israel.Biden’s posture in some sense marks a return to his roots as a traditional pro-Israel Democrat, an attitude that has been challenged by Netanyahu’s hardline policies but seems more comfortable for the president.
“This is collective punishment and a violation of international law,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote Thursday on X. “We cannot starve nearly a million children to death over the horrific actions of Hamas, whose disregard for Israeli, Palestinian, and human life overall could not be more clear. We must draw a line.
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