The political fallout for President Biden from the surprise attacks on Israel by Hamas mounted Sunday as the Jewish state began a retaliatory campaign against the Palestinian militant group in Gaza.
U.S. officials reaffirmed America’s strong support for Israel while they assessed whether Israeli-Americans might be held hostage or how many of those with dual citizenship were killed in the stunning series of coordinated attacks.
Congressional Republicans, GOP presidential candidates and conservative critics doubled down on their condemnation for President Biden having conducted a prisoner swap in September with Iran that included unfreezing $6 billion in oil revenues as part of the deal that secured the release of the Americans. Critics argued that Mr. Biden was indirectly enabling violence from the terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip along Israel’s southern border.
Iran defended the Hamas surprise attack and called it a significant defeat for Israel, but gave no official sign it helped organize or knew in advance what its ally was planning to do. For Democrats, ambivalence about Israel and the hard-right, religious coalition government Mr. Netanyahu heads quickly surfaced in the wake of the first attacks Saturday.
Mr. Biden was more forceful in his support of Israel, saying Saturday that “Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop.” The Squad members condemned all violence after the attacks but also highlighted the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza from where the surprise attack on Israel was launched.
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