WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden expressed support Friday for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the senator called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the U.S. relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza.
Schumer, a Jewish Democrat from New York, sent tremors through both countries this week when he said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way” and warned that “Israel cannot survive if it becomes a pariah” as Palestinian casualties continue to grow.
“He made a good speech,” Biden said in the Oval Office during a meeting with Ireland’s prime minister. “I think he expressed serious concerns shared not only by him but by many Americans.”
I’ll take us just not vetoing one.
Instead, we’ll sit there with our boats getting fired at to defend people that don’t actually want our help.
Have you listened to them?
They think what we say doesn’t matter, so let’s just exit from the scenario.
We pull our ships back, and just let the consequences of their actions happen.
I give it less than a week before they’re begging for our help again.
Honestly, that would be a really good image.
Netanyahu on his knees, begging for help before we give it.
Make it a caveat for help