He made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers. He made clear that U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps.
While Trump has expressed his contempt for President Biden concerning his approach to Israel with claims Hamas would never attacked if he had been in office, he echoed Biden in being critical of Israel telling Hugh Hewitt that Israel needs to “get back to peace and stop killing people.”
Of course, only days after Hamas attack, Trump made a blistering attack on Israel specifically on Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Much of Trump's attack was motivated by the fact that Netanyahu had the temerity to congratulate Biden on winning the 2020 election, a diplomatic formality.
Yes, I am bothered by President Biden's posture towards Israel. He claims to be "outraged" at the killing of the 7 World Food Kitchen workers, but when a drone strike intended for ISIS-K in the closing days of the War in Afghanistan killed a family of 10 including 8 children, Biden made no mention of it and has never said a word about it.
But to those who object to President Biden's cold shoulder to Israel, I would not count on Trump's support in view of his open contempt for Netanyahu over an imagined slight. Indeed, it is slight every bit as imagined as his delusions that he won the 2020 election.
Whatever my disappointment in Biden's shift in tone towards in Israel, he remains infinitely preferable to Trump in all respects.
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