President Joe Biden shows support for Israel's right to self-defense but also pushes for humanitarian aid and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip amidst mounting dissent within his own party.
President Joe Biden steps off of Marine One as he arrives at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Oct. 27, 2023.In the first days after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres and abductions of Israelis, U.S. President Joe Biden made little reference to Palestinians in his forceful backing of Israel’s right to self-defence. Then, he pushed for humanitarian aid to reach the besieged Gaza Strip.
“I’m sure innocents have been killed,” the President acknowledged this week, “and it’s the price of waging a war.” Mr. Trump has promised, if he returns to office, to institute an expanded version of his previous ban on travellers from some Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. Polling has shown a majority of Americans back Israel, but with significant splits based on age and political orientation. A Marist poll this month found that 65 per cent of all respondents believe the U.S. should support Israel, but that number dropped to 48 per cent among Millennials and Generation Z.
The divisions have been more pronounced in Michigan, a key swing state with a Muslim population of 240,000 out of 10.5-million residents. Mr. Biden won the state by about three percentage points in 2020.
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