{"id":17413,"date":"2024-03-29T12:50:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T12:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/bidens-shifting-support-of-israel-in-his-own-words-from-unwavering-to-over-the-top-criticism\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T12:50:04","slug":"bidens-shifting-support-of-israel-in-his-own-words-from-unwavering-to-over-the-top-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/bidens-shifting-support-of-israel-in-his-own-words-from-unwavering-to-over-the-top-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s shifting support of Israel in his own words: from \u2018unwavering\u2019 to \u2018over the top\u2019 criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Biden administration insists its support for Israel has not changed since Oct. 7, but Israeli officials and critics argue the decision to abstain from voting against a U.N. cease-fire resolution marks a clear shift in policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The U.S. did not veto today the new text that calls for a cease-fire without the condition of releasing the abductees,\u2019 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said in a statement. \u2018This is a clear withdrawal from the U.S.\u2019s consistent position in the Security Council since the beginning of the war.\u2019<\/p>\n

Following the vote, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that the resolution is nonbinding, with \u2018no impact at all on Israel and Israel\u2019s ability to continue to go after Hamas,\u2019 and a clear insistence that \u2018it does not represent a change at all in our policy.\u2019<\/p>\n

Immediately following the Hamas massacre in Southern Israel, President Biden came out with his full-throated backing of Israel and Netanyahu, stating in no uncertain terms, \u2018My administration\u2019s support for Israel\u2019s security is rock solid and unwavering.\u2019<\/p>\n

Biden continued to trumpet his full and unmoving support for Israel and any decision the country took regarding a response to the attack. Just days afterward, Biden said, \u2018if the United States experienced what Israel is experiencing, our response would be swift, decisive and overwhelming.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018As long as the United States stands \u2014 and we will stand forever \u2014 we will not let you ever be alone\u2026 We\u2019ll walk beside you in those dark days, and we\u2019ll walk beside you in the good days to come.\u00a0And they will come,\u2019 Biden promised during his visit to Israel a week after the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the following weeks, Biden argued that \u2018American leadership is what holds the world together. American alliances are what keep us, America, safe. American values are what make us a partner that other nations want to work with.\u2019 He added, \u2018To put all that at risk if we walk away from Ukraine, if we turn our backs on Israel, it\u2019s just not worth it.\u2019<\/p>\n

As Israel\u2019s assault on Hamas led to a high number of collateral casualties, President Biden remained firm in his support, seemingly dismissing the early reported numbers that the Gaza Health Ministry published (and some outlets around the world echoed without any caveat) and arguing he could not trust the numbers. The Gaza Health Ministry, as of March, has claimed that over 30,000 people have died in Gaza as a result of Israel\u2019s operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed,\u2019 Biden said on Oct. 25. \u2018I\u2019m sure innocents have been killed, and it\u2019s the price of waging a war.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Biden late in November praised Israel\u2019s cooperation and \u2018commitment\u2019 to an extended pause while Hamas agreed to start releasing hostages \u2014 one day for every 10 hostages released.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I appreciate the commitment that Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government have made in supporting an extended pause to ensure this deal can be fully carried out and to ensure the provision of additional humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of innocent Palestinian families in Gaza,\u2019 Biden said in November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deal only lasted about a week before fighting resumed, with each side claiming the other had broken the terms of the agreement and forced the conflict to resume. Arab nations and some Western allies grew increasingly critical of Israel\u2019s invasion of the Gaza Strip and some nations, such as South Africa and Ireland, started to call Israel\u2019s operation a genocide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

South Africa announced its plan to bring a case before the International Court of Justice, outright and legally accusing Israel of genocide as international opposition to Israel\u2019s actions grew stronger and protests spread even in countries that remained supportive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In mid-December at a campaign reception, Biden admitted that Israel was \u2018starting to lose that support by the indiscriminate bombing that takes place,\u2019 showing the first seeming crack in the previously unconditional support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reports around the New Year indicated that Biden\u2019s patience with Israel and Netanyahu had started to wear thin, with reports claiming the two leaders hadn\u2019t spoken directly for nearly three weeks in December while Biden\u2019s patience was \u2018running out,\u2019 one official told Axios at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The anti-Israel protests started to chip away at Biden, too, as he saw his approval ratings drop below 40% and he saw sizable \u2018uncommitted\u2019 votes in the Democratic Party primaries: Michigan reported 13% uncommitted, topped by Minnesota\u2019s 19% and Hawaii\u2019s 29%. Activists have linked these protests to Biden\u2019s support of Israel and urged voters to keep casting \u2018uncommitted\u2019 votes when possible to pressure a cease-fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the run-up to those primaries, Biden said that Israel\u2019s conduct in the Gaza Strip \u2018has been over the top,\u2019 leading him to start drawing a line in the sand over Israel\u2019s desire to carry out a major operation in Rafah, regularly touted as the last major city in Gaza where significant numbers of Palestinian people have gathered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The major military operation in Rafah should not proceed without a credible plan for ensuring the safety and support of more than one million people sheltering there,\u2019 Biden said at the White House. \u2018They need to be protected.\u2019<\/p>\n

The dispute over Rafah and lack of U.S. support caused another seeming rift between Biden and Netanyahu, with the two leaders reportedly going an entire month without directly communicating \u2014 even though White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Kirby insisted the president regularly communicated with Israeli officials during that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Biden started looking to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza, insisting Israel start to do more to help the Palestinians despite arguments from Israeli officials that such aid ends up going to Hamas, who continue to leech off of the people despite the dire conditions of the territory.<\/p>\n

\u2018In addition to expanding deliveries by land, as I said, we\u2019re going to insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need. No excuses,\u2019 Biden said on March 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest rift, which started even before the U.S. abstained from voting on the U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution, occurred after Biden was caught following his State of the Union address saying, \u2018I told Bibi: \u2018You and I are going to have a come-to-Jesus meeting.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

When told he had been caught on a hot-mic moment, Biden said, \u2018Good. That\u2019s good.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital\u2019s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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