President Biden\u2019s strong backing of Israel and his response to its war with terrorist organization Hamas speaks to the mainstream of the Democratic Party and the majority of Americans, according to supporters of the president, despite progressive Democrats publicly opposing the administration\u2019s rejection of a cease-fire.<\/p>\n
Multiple Biden allies told Fox News Digital that the administration\u2019s stance against a cease-fire protects Americans and national security interests at home and abroad.<\/p>\n
Nearly a dozen Biden allies defended the president\u2019s policies in interviews with Fox News Digital after more than 400 government officials within the administration signed onto a letter opposing the president\u2019s handling of the war, and demanding a cease-fire.<\/p>\n
Current Biden administration officials, former Obama administration officials, Democratic lawmakers and Jewish community leaders defended the administration\u2019s Israel policy as the president faces criticism and widespread protests.<\/p>\n
Biden administration officials claimed media coverage of the conflict has been\u2019lopsided,\u2019 saying \u2018there has been far more coverage of opposition to the president\u2019s response and almost none about support.\u2019<\/p>\n
But just this week, more than 100 current and former government officials from both the Biden and Obama administrations came out in support of Biden\u2019s policy. And tens of thousands attended the March for Israel rally at the National Mall in Washington in support of the administration\u2019s policy and against a cease-fire. Earlier this month, two dozen veterans and military organizations signed onto a letter endorsing strong support for Israel.<\/p>\n
\u2018<\/strong>Those calling for a cease-fire represent the fringe rather than the mainstream of the Democratic Party,\u2019 Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., told Fox News Digital. \u2018A cease-fire would do nothing more than empower Hamas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018President Biden represents the mainstream of American politics. He speaks to the majority of Americans and the majority of Americans remain pro-Israel,\u2019 he continued. \u2018The Democratic leadership in both the House and the Senate are pro-Israel. The overwhelming majority of Democrats are pro-Israel.\u2019<\/p>\n Torres added: \u2018We\u2019re taking our inspiration from the president. He is our standard-bearer. He is our leader.\u2019<\/p>\n Over in the Senate, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., also endorsed the president.<\/p>\n \u2018President Biden has been putting on a master class of diplomacy when it comes to his handling of the Israel-Hamas war,\u2019 Fetterman said. \u2018He is a steady hand at the wheel, and doing exactly what is needed in this time of crisis.\u2019<\/p>\n A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday showed 60% of Democrats approved of Biden\u2019s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, while just 33% disapproved. That poll showed 7% of Democrats were undecided.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, from a national security standpoint, Jeremy Bash, the former chief of staff at the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency during the Obama administration, told Fox News Digital that Biden\u2019s policy has \u2018prevented a wider regional war and protected America\u2019s interests.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018The president has handled this crisis exactly as we want a commander in chief to operate,\u2019 Bash said. \u2018Those on the far left calling for a cease-fire are advocating that our ally Israel unilaterally disarm would be a terrible outcome for peace and stability. We wouldn\u2019t do it ourselves \u2013 and we didn\u2019t do it ourselves when we were fighting al Qaeda and ISIS. Nobody ever suggested to us that we engage in a cease-fire.\u2019<\/p>\n Bash said Biden\u2019s \u2018strong backing\u2019 for Israel\u2019s military operations is \u2018exactly the right call.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Hamas is a radical terror organization that rapes women, kills children, and takes Americans hostage,\u2019 Bash said. \u2018I don\u2019t know why anybody would want to keep them in power, and those on the far left who are arguing for a cease-fire would do just that.\u2019<\/p>\n Bash said even the Palestinian Authority \u2018supports Israel\u2019s campaign to dismantle Hamas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018So even if one believes that they are a champion of the Palestinian cause, they should be aligned with Israel and aligned with the approach that President Biden has taken to dismantle Hamas,\u2019 Bash said, while warning that if Hamas is able to \u2018survive,\u2019 its \u2018brand of terrorism would proliferate.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Hamas would not hesitate to attack America or embassies, since the group killed 30 Americans in the Oct. 7 attack, took 10 more hostage, and views the U.S. as \u2018the great Satan,\u2019 Bash said.<\/p>\n \u2018If we allow a terrorist organization to attack Americans and get away with it, that threat will metastasize. And will eventually threaten our homeland,\u2019 Bash added.<\/p>\n The president\u2019s policy also protects U.S. troops, said Allison Jaslow, the chief executive officer of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, an Iraq War veteran, and a former Obama administration official.<\/p>\n \u2018The president is mindful of the fact that there are U.S. troops that are deployed in the broader region who are already being subjected to attacks. He doesn\u2019t want those troops to be compromised even further,\u2019 Jaslow said.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Pentagon said this week that there have been 56 attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17, with 59 U.S. personnel suffering either traumatic brain injury (TBI) or non-serious injuries.<\/p>\n As for those calling for a cease-fire, Jaslow said, \u2018We\u2019re not talking about a government. We are literally talking about a terrorist organization.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018They are not going to negotiate and stick to any rules,\u2019 she explained. \u2018We need to have eyes wide open about that.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018As a soldier who has had to navigate a complex battlefield, where you can\u2019t tell the difference between good guys and bad guys, and where you have to play by a certain set of rules, but there are other folks out there \u2013 other actors \u2013 who don\u2019t have to play by those same rules \u2013 as a platoon leader in combat, that is a very stressful experience,\u2019 Jaslow continued. \u2018I don\u2019t have the luxury of na\u00efvet\u00e9.\u2019<\/p>\n Jaslow said she \u2018lived and breathed some of these dynamics in the Middle East region.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018The folks who are standing on the moral high ground thinking that there is an easy or safe way out of the situation that we\u2019re in right now that doesn\u2019t compromise our values and our commitments to key partners abroad are not living in the same reality that I\u2019m living in and have had to live in,\u2019 she said. \u2018Cheers to the people who get to live in that ideal world, because I think they have lived, probably, a really privileged life.\u2019<\/p>\n Jaslow added that those calling for a cease-fire are using \u2018characterizations that are just completely over the top.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018A state defending its borders or responding to an attack that they did not entice does not equate to genocide,\u2019 she said. \u2018It just, objectively, does not.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n She also challenged the opponents of the president\u2019s policy on whether they \u2018agree with terrorism.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m not sure that they have had to respond to this,\u2019 she said. \u2018Do they support Hamas and do they not want us to address the threat that they are? If they do want to address them as a threat, they need to be clear-eyed about what that might take.\u2019<\/p>\n Despite standing firm against a cease-fire, Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to enact\u00a0four-hour pauses of military operations each day in order to ensure humanitarian aid is able to make its way to residents who remain in Gaza, and to allow for civilians to take harbor or flee.<\/p>\n Netanyahu agreed, enacting those pauses last week. The Israeli Defense Forces also announce the pauses at least three hours before they begin, the White House said.<\/p>\n But Biden administration officials said there has been \u2018a disparity in coverage at a lot of mainstream media outlets\u2019 about the president\u2019s policy and the war.\u00a0The officials spoke to Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n \u2018Far left Democratic activists and their allies in the media fairly call out antisemitic signaling from the right wing, but were accommodating when [Rep. Rashida] Tlaib was signaling for the destruction of the Jewish state and when the left has been swapping out Zionists to say Jews,\u2019 a Biden administration official told Fox News Digital. \u2018The media should do their jobs and stop selectively reading the tea leaves when it will fit what\u2019s cool on their Ivy League alma mater\u2019s campus.\u2019<\/p>\n Another administration official told Fox News Digital that Biden\u2019s actions since Hamas\u2019 brutal attack on Israel on Oct. 7 have been \u2018a shining example of clear presidential leadership.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018While it is important to cover dissent, much of the mainstream press seems to be on a mission to erase those of us who support the president,\u2019 the official said.<\/p>\nBiden allies blast \u2018overly woke\u2019 media coverage<\/h2>\n