The war between Israel and Hamas is at the forefront of American politics this week as President Biden pledges to provide aid and support to Israel.

For more, we turn to the analysis of Brooks and Capehart.

That's New York Times columnist David Brooks and

Jonathan Kapart, associate editor for the Washington Post. It's good as always to see you both.

So President Biden's deep emotional reaction to the Hamas terror attacks has really translated into a

forceful American response and defense of Israel. And David he seems to be

navigating this line of saying that he understands the necessity of Israel's

overwhelming retaliation, but he's also saying that he sees the importance of sparing the

lives of civilians and making sure that Israel adheres to the rules of law.

I thought this was one of Joe Biden's best weeks as president.

You know, he was a voice of moral clarity.

He was one of the early voices to remind everybody that what

Hamas has become looks like ISIS, sort of a death cult. He did in the face of divisions

on the left. There are a lot of mainstream liberals who are appalled by what happened.

They're more progressive voices, many who think this is a legitimate part of decolonization.

And yet Joe Biden has knows Israeli history, he knows the Palestinians, he's been doing this for a long time. And he knows

that this is a case of someone who wants to, of a group that wants to destroy Israel and

push the Jews into the sea. And so he said that.

I think he's also making the case, which I think Zelensky's a little ahead of

him on, that Ukraine and Israel, the war against Hamas and against Putin,

are joined.

They are wars against barbarism. And I think

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