Communist Democrats are panicking. Most are strongly anti-Israel and pro Hamas terrorist. Regardless of where they fall on the Israel-Hamas conflict, Democrats are all beginning to panic of Biden’s stumbling and bumbling response to the all out war going on there now. No matter what Biden eventually does after the communists make him cave, Israel should tell Biden and the communist Democrats to go pound sand.
“I just think it’s a no-brainer for the United States to be pushing for a ceasefire,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that focuses on the Middle East. “If Israel doesn’t believe a ceasefire is in their interest, that doesn’t mean we have to accept that judgment. We have enormous persuasive power.”
The pressure campaign from top Democrats represents a recalibration of the party’s posture toward Israel, which has grown increasingly antagonistic on Capitol Hill after decades in which support for the Palestinian cause was seen as a political third rail. Many lawmakers have lost patience with Netanyahu, arguing that his government has taken actions against Palestinians that make a two-state solution to the conflict less achievable.
Biden is caught between competing priorities as he faces growing outrage from his party. A U.S.-led push for a ceasefire would be seen as a rebuke to America’s longtime ally in the region; Netanyahu said on Sunday that he intended to continue his country’s military campaign against Hamas, in particular its underground tunnels in Gaza, in retaliation for the terrorist group’s recent rocket attacks. The U.S. has thus far stood by Netanyahu’s airstrikes, even vetoing United Nations Security Council resolutions calling for a ceasefire.
“I’m troubled by it,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said of the U.S. vetoes. “I just can’t remember a shooting war where kids are being killed on both sides where the U.S. hasn’t aggressively pushed for a ceasefire.”
The civilian death toll from the Israeli strikes has continued to sharply rise, with dozens killed over the weekend in Gaza, including women and children. Hamas has continued to fire rockets into Israel, though Israel’s state-of-the-art Iron Dome system has intercepted most of them.