Complicated electoral politics in several swing states have caused President Joe Biden no end of difficulty in staking out a position on Israel’s conflict with Hamas, but after a recent CNN interview, several influential Democratic donors are weighing in with their take on his indecision.
As Fox News reports, some of Biden’s most significant contributors have expressed their anger about the president’s declaration that he would withhold bomb shipments to Israel if the country’s leadership did not heed his directives.
Biden’s controversial stance
It was during a CNN interview broadcast on Wednesday that Biden made his controversial comments about Israel’s latest plans to defeat Hamas once and for all by venturing into a known stronghold.
“If they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem,” Biden explained, as Axios reported.
The president went on, “We’re going to continue to make sure Israel is secure in terms of Iron Dome and their ability to respond to attacks that came out of the Middle east recently.”
In terms of heading into Rafah and risking what some say would be sizable civilian casualties, Biden added, “But it’s, it’s just wrong We’re not going to — we’re not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells.”
Though that position seemed to be a contravention of funding already appropriated by Congress, Biden appeared firm in his resolve.
Donors fire back
It was not long, however, before a number of high-powered, pro-Israel supporters of the president made their disapproval known in relation to his new, hardline tack on weapons shipments.
Megadonor Haim Saban was reportedly among those who fired off a missive to the White House blasting the move, saying it was a “bad, bad, bad decision, on all levels.”
Mark Mellman, another well-known Democratic Party contributor and CEO of Democratic Majority for Israel, told Axios of his own frustration about the situation.
“There are a lot of people in the pro-Israel community who are very worried, very upset, and very angry,” Mellman said. “We don’t know what the consequences are going to be politically.”
But with Biden attempting to balance those concerns with his desire to secure the votes of large Arab American populations in Michigan, Minnesota, and elsewhere come November, it remains to be seen whether he will moderate this week’s rhetoric or continue doubling down.
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