House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik said President Joe Biden’s threat to halt arms against the Jewish state endangers the national security of both the United States and “our most valuable ally” Israel. and criticized the 81-year-old president. He pandered to the “Democratic Party’s pro-Hamas base” in a desperate attempt to salvage his “plummeting polls.”
Rep. Stefanik (R-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, criticized President Biden in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News on Friday. for reinforcing “dangerous” policies that the lawmaker said endangered the security of both the United States and Israel.
“Joe Biden has further doubled down on dangerous anti-Israel policies that endanger U.S. national security,” she said, adding that the president “has weakened Israel by withholding munitions needed to attack Hamas.” “There is,” he accused.
“In defiance of Congress, Mr. Biden’s decision gives Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran the green light to escalate attacks following the failure of his foreign policy of appeasement,” she added.
“The security and very existence of our most valuable ally, Israel, is at risk in a desperate attempt to shore up plummeting polls,” Biden said, adding, “The Democratic Party’s pro-Hamas base is at risk. We are prioritizing that.” Return American and Israeli hostages and support Israel’s right to exist. ”
The remarks came as Republican officials continue to speak out. Lambaste Biden administration withholds critical ammunition from Israel in war against terror group Hamas, accuses Biden of “delivering water for pro-Hamas mobs” to “appease the radical anti-Semitic base”, and Democrats “Pro-Hamas”” for his own personal political gain.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday accused “crooked” and “weak” commanders of “standing on their side.” [Hamas] He is a “terrorist” just as he “sided with extremist mobs occupying college campuses.”
The crooked Joe Biden has just said, knowingly or not, that he will withhold weapons from Israel as it fights to eliminate Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Hamas has killed thousands of innocent civilians, including babies, and is still holding Americans hostage, if any. pic.twitter.com/eyfYp7qnV2
— Posts from Donald J. Trump’s Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) May 9, 2024
As Breitbart News reportmultiple news outlets have reported that the Biden administration is withholding 3,500 bombs from Israel, which is currently at war with Hamas, the US-designated Islamic terrorist organization that attacked the Jewish state in an unprecedented and particularly brutal massacre in October. It was confirmed.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also said: Confirmed At a Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee on Wednesday, the US announced it was holding off on shipments of weapons from Israel due to concerns about continued attacks against Hamas in Rafah, but the Jewish state’s security remains on the ground. It depends on the disbandment of the Hamas battalion.
Biden later acknowledged it on CNN. erin burnett out front He claimed that he began restricting the transfer of American weapons to Israel because of moral objections to the operation in Rafah.
“I made it clear to Vivi.” [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] and the war cabinet. “If they actually go into these populated areas, they won’t have our support,” he said. Said, refers to the people of Rafah. “We are not running away from Israeli security. We are moving away from Israel’s ability to wage war in these areas.”
“We took up arms,” he added.
President Biden: ‘Hearing the message’ of pro-Palestinian protesters pic.twitter.com/l06YnrZrog
— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) May 9, 2024
In response, radical “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) celebrated “This is what young people across the country have been protesting,” the president’s declaration said.
Critics of Biden’s decision claimed Absent a finding of human rights violations by Israel, the weapons withholding already authorized by Congress is unconstitutional and violates the Seizure Control Act of 1974.
Israeli leaders, along with Prime Minister Netanyahu and other officials, expressed their determination to defeat Hamas regardless of international support. claim Israel will continue its military operations against terrorist organizations with or without the support of other allies, including the United States and Britain.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to Israel’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) center at Palmachim Air Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, July 5, 2023 (Jacques Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
On Thursday, the Israeli prime minister again affirmed Israel stands ready to confront Hamas alone if necessary, summoning the unity and determination gained from the Jewish state’s war of independence.
“Today we are even stronger. We are determined and we are united to defeat our enemies and those who seek to destroy us,” the Prime Minister said, adding, “If we become isolated, If I have to do it, I will do it,” he added.
This sentiment has led Israeli leaders to consider cities like Gaza, especially Rafah, as a key part of their strategy to dismantle Hamas’ military capabilities, even if it means standing alone against global opposition. It has been reiterated in various statements stressing the need to promote operations in the most remote areas. .
The Jewish state is currently at war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the group’s October 7 massacre, which carried out the deadliest attack on Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. The massacre involved the torture, rape, execution, self-immolation, and abduction of hundreds of Israeli civilians, with widespread Palestinian support.
Antonio Macias’ mother cries as she looks over her son’s body draped in an Israeli flag at the Pardes Chaim cemetery in Kfar Saba, Israel, on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Macias was killed when Hamas attacked thousands of Jews attending a music festival. In southern Israel earlier this month (AP Photo/Francisco Seco).
Iran’s proxy Islamist terrorist group targeted attendees at a music festival and people in a southern Israeli town, while thousands of rockets rained down on Israeli civilian centers.
As a result of the massacre, terrorists arose kill Approximately 1,200 people participated, according to reports. get hurt Over 4,800, Approximately 240 hostages More than half of them remain in Gaza. The majority of victims were civilians; dozens of of the American people.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.
