“By withholding weapons from Israel in the midst of its hostage negotiations with Hamas, POTUS Biden sent a clear signal to Hamas that the administration was tipping the scale in the negotiations in Hamas’ favor. This took pressure off Hamas, leading it to reduce its offer to Israel, ultimately killing the deal.
Now why would Biden abandon an important ally while it was negotiating the return of hostages including five or more Americans?
The answer of course is political. Biden is at risk of losing the Muslim vote in Michigan and other key states, and he is leveraging Israel to advance himself with these constituents.
In other words, Biden is attempting to garner votes by impairing an ally’s ability to defeat a terrorist group that seeks the total destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.
I don’t know how anyone that cares about Israel or the Jewish people could vote for Biden due to his actions here.
Even if you don’t care about Jews or Israel, think about the damage this does to our relationships with allies around the world. Biden has made eminently clear that he is prepared to impair one of our key allies’ ability to fight an enemy in order to win more votes at home.
A president who cared about his reputation and that of our country would never behave this way. I can therefore only conclude that these disastrous policy decisions are made by others in the administration as the president no longer has the capability or judgment to make them himself.
Do we really want four more years of this?”
As Israel's operations in Rafah advanced, the Biden administration initiated restrictions on arms shipments to Israel beginning in March. Reported by The Wall Street Journal, the delayed shipment, worth $260 million, consists of around 6,500 JDAM kits ("Heavy Rain"). These kits… pic.twitter.com/GC8U4gnZvf
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