President Biden has come under fire from Republicans as well as Democrats over his pledge to deny arms shipments to Israel if it invades Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
“I think it’s pandering to the far left,” said Congressman Ritchie Torres of New York. told Axios. “Election year politics seems to have driven it. That’s my impression.”
Biden continues to oversee a divided party heading into the presidential election, as anti-Israel and pro-Israel wings of the Democratic Party are already at odds over massive student protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
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President Biden has come under intense attack from Republicans as well as Democrats over his actions to deny arms shipments to Israel. (Getty Images)
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania), an outspoken advocate of Israel’s right to protect it from Hamas, told Axios that he opposes Biden’s suspension of arms shipments.
“I’m adamantly against it,” Fetterman said. “We have to work with our key allies in all of this.”
Florida Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel told the outlet that Israel is “surrounded by danger and we need ways to protect ourselves.”
Other Democrats, including Rep. Becca Balint and Sen. Tim Kaine, also expressed support for Biden’s decision.
“As for Netanyahu’s continued appointment as prime minister…I think we’ve heard from all sections of the caucus.” [to] If we’re going to threaten an invasion of Rafah, we feel like we need to send a message,” said Rep. Becca Balint, a Vermont Democrat.
Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, also supported Biden’s decision.
“The time is now to stop the use of weapons that could result in more civilian casualties,” he said.
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Sen. Mitt Romney wrote, “We stand with our allies and think nothing of them.” “Biden’s hesitation about Israeli weapons is bad policy and sends a terrible message to Israel, our allies, and the world.” (Getty Images)
Republicans have generally been more unified in their resistance to Biden’s pledge to halt arms shipments to Israel.
“Joe of Hamas,” wrote FOX News contributor Ben Domenech.
Sen. Mitt Romney wrote, “We stand with our allies and think nothing of them.” “Biden’s hesitation about Israeli weapons is bad policy and sends a terrible message to Israel, our allies, and the world.”
“Hamas still has five American hostages and Joe Biden just said he will not give them weapons to use if Israel attacks again,” wrote Outkick founder Clay Travis . “Please tell me how this isn’t treason? Biden is turning his back on Israel because he’s worried about losing Arab support in Michigan. This is all politics. Shameful. is.”
president biden In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Wednesday night, he vowed that the US government would withhold weapons from Israel if it moves forward with an invasion of Rafah, Hamas’ last stronghold in Gaza.
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Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.
