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Mon 19 Feb 2024 7:01 am - Jerusalem Time
Time: Biden's support for Israel will cost him a lot electorally
A report published by the American Time magazine confirmed that the full support provided by President Joe Biden to Israel, despite its ongoing massacres in Gaza, may cause great harm to his electoral path.
The report added that indications are that Biden has lost significant support among Arab-American voters, progressive voters, as well as young people because of his handling of the war on Gaza and his full support for Israel.
The report explained that observers believe that continued American support for Israel, despite what it has been committing for months in the besieged Gaza Strip, may cost Biden support in the swing states that usually decide the electoral outcome.
He continued that the perception that the United States is not using all the tools at its disposal will have dire consequences not only for the Gaza Strip (the death toll alone is close to 30,000), but also for the foreign interests of the United States.
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The report confirmed that Biden did a lot in favor of Israel, and he seemed firm in his position despite the warnings of those close to him, noting that Israel did not respond to this by responding to American requests regarding the course of the war on Gaza.
He also stated that despite the United States' influence over Israel, the Biden administration has so far proven that it is "unable or unwilling" to exercise that influence, a fact that has not gone unnoticed either at home or abroad.
Time added that pressure has increased on Washington to impose conditions on its ally Israel in exchange for providing aid, but so far this does not appear to have been achieved.
He said that the public statements of American officials about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as well as the increase in civilian deaths, were not met with a change in Israel's strategy, which is moving forward with its plan to storm Rafah, despite the White House's warning about this.
Biden is trying to reduce the pressure exerted on him as the elections approach. He has issued an executive order aimed at punishing settler violence, and drafted a memorandum demanding that allies who receive American aid present a reliable and credible plan that guarantees their commitment to international law.
Time quoted Jonah Plank, a former foreign policy advisor to Biden during his time in the Senate, as saying that the tools to exert pressure on Israel exist, but the question is, will they be used? Adding that, with the elections approaching, it seems that the sand is moving inside the United States faster than the president’s initiatives.
Source: Time+Aljazeera
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Time: Biden's support for Israel will cost him a lot electorally