Former President Trump criticized President Biden’s Israel policy in an interview scheduled to air Sunday.
“And then all of a sudden he abandoned Israel, that’s what he’s doing, he abandoned Israel” Trump Said He mentioned Biden on Fox News’ “Media Buzz” with host Howard Kurtz. “He basically just said Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu should take a walk.”
Mr. Biden, who is under pressure from the left wing of his party to support a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza conflict, has called for Israel to “take a role” in allowing more aid to flow into the region and allowing additional borders. He said he asked the government to “fulfill its goals.” The opening of his recent State of the Union address.
Biden recently told Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “needs to come.” After receiving a speech, he was captured by a heated microphone. “An encounter with Jesus.”
Biden recently suggested that Netanyahu’s policies related to the Gaza war are “hurting Israel more than helping it.”
“What’s happening now is that he has a right to defend Israel and a right to continue pursuing Hamas,” Biden told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart. “But he must pay more attention to the innocent lives lost as a result of the actions taken.”
“In my view, he’s doing more harm to Israel than he is helping Israel,” Biden added. “That goes against what Israel stands for. And I think that’s a big mistake.”
In his interview with Kurtz, Trump also called for new elections in Israel and took a negative view of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent comments that Prime Minister Netanyahu has “lost his way.” showed a reaction.
“Democrats are very bad for Israel,” President Trump said.
Schumer also said in his comments:[a]For me, a lifelong supporter of Israel, it became clear after October 7 that the Netanyahu coalition no longer suited Israel’s needs. ”
“The world has fundamentally changed since then, and the Israeli people are now oppressed by a vision of governance stuck in the past,” Schumer continued.
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