Biden’s defense of Israel and campaign to protect civilians in Gaza will remain on two separate tracks.
The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel on April 14. | Tomer Neuberg/APPresident Joe Biden’s “ironclad” support for Israel following Iran’s weekend strike isn’t curtailing the U.S. pressure campaign on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to protect civilians in Gaza, four Biden administration officials said.
“He’s proven, once again, his bona fides in standing by Israel, and for many Israelis his leadership contrasts with the lack of leadership from Netanyahu,” said Natan Sachs, director of the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. “Politically speaking, this strengthens his hand in the Israeli debate.”
Still, it will linger over a visit by an Israeli delegation to Washington as early as this week, during which the U.S. will apply more pressure on the Israelis to evacuate innocent men, women and children out of Rafah — many of whom arrived in southern Gaza after fleeing fighting elsewhere. , say the U.S. should replenish the American-made weapons Israel used to protect itself against Iran’s attack.
“There is a sense of a growing measure of convergence,” said David Makovsky, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy who is in close touch with Biden administration figures.
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