"Republican senators as well as pro-Israel Democrat Senator John Fetterman reacted harshly to Biden’s arms embargo against Israel, which is in essence holding up a congressionally approved deal.
"Senator Lindsey Graham said the following to Secretary of Defense Austin: “If we stop weapons necessary to destroy the enemies of the State of Israel at a time of great peril, we will pay a price. This is obscene. It is absurd. Give Israel what they need to fight the war. They can’t afford to lose. This is Hiroshima and Nagasaki on steroids.” . . . And how did Iron Dome work on October 7?
While it may be hard to understand how Israel will continue to fight without American resupply, Israel has been in this situation before. Before 1967, Israel did not have the types of arms pacts with America it has now – and it still prevailed. This is the land of miracles. Israel’s government may be flawed, but even they realize that the Jewish people have no other choice but to fight and defeat the Jihadist Nazis with or without America. . . .
- "The message it sends: That America could be seen to abandon Israel (despite that not being what Mr Biden has said) will not be lost on countries around the world. It suggests that America is flaky with its alliances. For months, Mr Biden has dismissed calls to limit weapons supplies. Now he's u-turned. If Mr Biden blinks as Mr Netanyahu crosses the Rafah red line then the flaky image is only compounded. What does America stand for will be the question."
The breakdown seems to be caused in no small part by the utter ineptitude of Biden's team.
Israel’s top military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, also appeared to downplay the practical impact of any arms holdup. “The army has munitions for the missions it plans, and for the missions in Rafah, too -- we have what we need,” he said in response to a question at a news conference.
"However, the political significance of his threat is immense. This puts Biden in the difficult position of following through on his threat in his "one tough hombre" persona and showing the world just how fragile US security assurances are, or backing down and having the kids of his cabinet officials and friends jeer him from the campus of Columbia University."
White House Says Hamas Has Suffered Enough!
In other words, leave Hamas in place. We didn't notice any mention of the American hostages or even Palestinian civilians — just the "suffering and pressure" Hamas has undergone.
Joe Biden Gets Un-Endorsed After Betraying Israel – PJ Media
Biden's efforts to balance his public support for Israel with his need for votes from the antisemitic wing of his party is starting to cause some backlash from Democrat voters who support Israel.
. . ."However, his betrayal of Israel may also be backfiring on him, as people who have long supported him are calling him out. On Thursday, actor Michael Rapaport posted a profanity-laced video rant on X/Twitter indicating that he's "un-endorsing" Biden for refusing to provide them arms just to help him get some votes.
" 'I’m officially un-endorsing #JoeBiden I did so much work on behalf of this soft serve ice cream eating MF, I’m done," he wrote in his post.
"But the video was far more angry.
" 'Smokin' Joe Biden. Cadaver Joe Biden. You know who I am. You know my work. I'm the one who invented ****-stain Donald Trump," Rapaport begins in the video. "Pig-**** Donald Trump. That's me, that's my work. I didn't ask for a thank you. I didn't ask for an invite to the White House and everybody and anybody shows up at the White House these days. I did it for the love because I couldn't stand that motherf****r."
"Rapaport was hardly through." . . .
But Biden’s nuanced position has created different fault lines of division within his own Democratic Party. The president now faces a rash of new criticism from some lawmakers and voters in battleground states where his position on Israel carries the most political risk for his efforts to win re-election. . . .
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