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Is Biden’s Approach to Israel Changing?

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2727 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

President Biden called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza “unacceptable” during a call last week with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said an immediate ceasefire was essential to protect innocent civilians, according to a White House statement. But the White House also reaffirmed its support for Israel and has not slowed military aid, approving new bomb shipments on the day that Israeli forces struck Gaza aid workers, killing seven. Meanwhile Biden faces mounting pressure from progressive and some mainstream Democrats who are asking for an immediate halt to weapons transfers, and from some voters who say they’ll withhold support for him in the November election unless he changes course. We’ll talk about the Biden Administration’s Israel policy and how it’s evolving.  Guests: Erica L. Green, White House correspondent, The New York Times Yasmeen Abutaleb, White House reporter, The Washington Post Alex Ward, national security reporter, Politico; author, “The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy after Trump” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up on forum, six months into the Israel-Hamas war is Biden's approach to it shifting.

1:24.4

During a call last week with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden called the humanitarian

1:28.8

crisis in Gaza unacceptable and said an immediate ceasefire was essential to protect innocent civilians.

1:35.5

But the White House has also not slowed military aid to Israel, approving a weapons transfer

1:40.2

on the day that Israeli forces killed humanitarian aid workers. As Biden faces mounting pressure

1:46.6

from progressive and some centrist Democrats to put conditions on aid and from crucial swing

1:51.6

state voters who say they'll withhold support in November, we take a closer look at how the

1:55.8

administration's Israel policy could be changing.

2:03.2

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

2:08.6

Active fighting has slowed in southern Gaza after the Israeli military withdrew from the area over the weekend to, quote, recuperate and prepare for future operations, according

2:13.8

to officials. As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faces pressure from far-right members of

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