Why and How to Walk Back Biden’s Suspension of Weapons Delivery to Israel

May 10, 2024
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Robert Satloff - source: The Washington Institute
Robert Satloff

Robert Satloff is the Segal Executive Director of The Washington Institute, a post he assumed in January 1993.

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The president may have inadvertently created a cordon of immunity around Hamas in Rafah, decreased pressure on the group’s leaders to accept a cease-fire, and raised doubts among Arab partners.

Relations between the United States and Israel are at a moment of unprecedented historical paradox. While President Biden has proven since Oct. 7 to be the most committed friend of Israel ever to serve in the White House, he may also be the president on whose watch the “unshakable” relationship between Washington and Jerusalem comes apart at the seams. The fact that Biden supports purging Rafah of terrorists—just not the way Israelis seemed poised to do it—will do little to placate critics who want him to change course on Israel more dramatically...

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