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Biden withholding weapons from Israel emboldens Hamas

May 10

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President Joe Biden recently stated that the United States would not provide certain weapons and munitions if Israel were to invade Rafah, a city in southern Gaza where more than 1 million people are currently seeking shelter. While Biden maintained that the U.S. remains committed to Israel’s security, Republican lawmakers expressed criticism of the president’s decision.

Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues that Biden’s warning is “counterproductive to the goal of ending the war” and demonstrates more of his weak leadership, damaging America at home and abroad.

President Biden is emboldening Hamas and making it less likely that they will release the hostages they unjustly kidnapped during their barbaric attack on Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023.

Sadly, there is reason to believe that many of these hostages have already been killed. The Israeli people and the rest of the world deserve to know the status of the Israelis, the Americans and the other hostages that Hamas seized on October 7.

Biden’s appeasement of Hamas is part of a broader pattern of behaviors that he has been having that are hurting Americans’ international interests and our domestic interests. As anti-Israel protesters continue to threaten and attack Jewish students, disrupt college campuses, and cause a cancellation of classes and graduation ceremonies, President Biden has failed to take any action to hold the universities accountable or to revoke student visas for foreign students engaging in threatening or disruptive behavior.

The news reports are saying that President Biden has put a hold on the shipment of US weapons to Israel. Shortly after telling Congress it was urgent they approved such military assistance, desperate to end the Israeli Hamas war as he is being attacked by anti Israel and pro Palestinian protesters. It’s his political coalition. So Biden’s action is counterproductive to the goal of ending the war and bringing peace to the region by publicly pressuring Israel to stop their military campaign against a mosque in Rafah. President Biden is embolden Hamas and making it less likely that they will release the hostages they unjustly kidnapped during their barbaric attack on Israeli citizens on October 7 2023. Sadly, there was reason to believe that many of these hostages have already been killed. There’s really people and the rest of the world deserve to know the status of the Israelis. The Americans and the other hostages that Hamas seized on October 7. Biden’s appeasement of Hamas is part of a broader pattern of behaviors that he has been having that are hurting Americans international interests, and our domestic interest is anti Israel, protesters continue to threaten and attack Jewish students, disrupt college campuses, and cause a cancellation of classes and graduation ceremonies. President Biden has failed to take any action to hold the universities accountable or to revoke student visas for foreign students engaging in threatening or disruptive behavior. After weeks of tepid response, Biden finally found his voice and strongly denounced anti semitism at a holocaust memorial remembrance on May the seventh, which marks seven months from the day of the brutal Hamas attacks against Israel. Look, as Mexican drug cartels continue to engage in human trafficking and the trafficking of deadly drugs like fentanyl, President Biden does nothing to secure our southern border. Instead, he politically attacks governors and files losses against states that are desperately trying to stop the damage caused by his reckless border policies. In addition, Biden’s ongoing attack on American energy production is making America more dependent on foreign sources of energy and is benefiting Russia and Iran by driving up the prices of oils internationally. These enhanced oil revenues help fuel Russia’s war against Ukraine and I ran support for terrorist groups that are attacking Israel and putting American troops in the region at greater risk. Weak leadership and feckless policies hurt America at home and throughout the world. America needs a president who speaks and acts with moral clarity. Our time for choosing is at hand

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