{"id":1978190,"date":"2023-07-20T05:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stuck-in-the-middle-of-heated-democratic-debate-over-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T05:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T09:25:23","slug":"biden-stuck-in-the-middle-of-heated-democratic-debate-over-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stuck-in-the-middle-of-heated-democratic-debate-over-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden caught in fiery Democratic debate on Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-stuck-in-the-middle-of-heated-democratic-debate-over-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978190&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>President\u2062 Joe Biden Balances Support \u2063for Israel<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden is\u200d working diligently\u200c to navigate \u2063the \u200ccomplex dynamics surrounding Israel,\u200c aiming to please all sides \u200cinvolved. Amid a meeting with the country&#8217;s president\u2064 and a phone \u2064call with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-house-lawmaker-apologizes-for-racist-state-comment-targeting-israel\/\" title=\"Progressive lawmaker apologizes for offensive remark about Israel\">prime\u200c minister<\/a>, the White\u2062 House found \u200citself\u2064 facing \u2064questions about remarks\u2062 from\u2062 a \u200cprogressive\u2063 Democrat.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200d <\/p>\n<h3>Clear\u200d Stance Against\u200c Antisemitism<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;When \u2064it \u200dcomes to antisemitism, the entire Biden-Harris administration\u2063 has been clear\u200d that when\u2062 Israel\u200c is singled out because of anti-Jewish hate, that is\u200d unacceptable,&#8221;\u200c press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre\u2063 said earlier \u200bthis \u200dweek. &#8220;We&#8217;ve\u2063 been clear on \u200dspeaking \u200cagainst \u200cantisemitism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the controversy arose when\u200d Jean-Pierre did\u2063 not\u2064 explicitly condemn the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">comments made<\/a> by\u200d Congressional Progressive \u2062Caucus Chairwoman Pramila \u200cJayapal (D-WA) at \u200ba\u2064 conference \u200cin Chicago.\u200b Pro-Palestinian protesters had disrupted the \u200cconference, prompting\u2064 Jayapal\u200d to speak out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2063 \u200d <\/p>\n<h3>Striving\u2064 for Balance<\/h3>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Jayapal \u200dstated, &#8220;We \u200bhave been fighting \u200cto \u2064make\u200b it \u2062clear that Israel \u2063is \u2064a racist\u200c state.&#8221;\u200d She \u200dquickly\u200d apologized for\u2062 her \u2064comments,\u2062 which\u2064 the White\u200b House \u200dwelcomed. Nevertheless, \u200cthis\u2062 ongoing controversy has Biden working\u200d to\u2062 find a balance between \u200bcelebrating Israel&#8217;s \u2064status as a U.S. ally and addressing the\u2064 concerns \u2063of \u2062progressives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This balancing \u200cact was\u200d evident\u200c throughout the\u200d week.\u200d Biden met with\u2064 Israeli President \u200bIsaac Herzog\u2063 in \u2062person, taking \u2062photos together, while\u2062 also holding \u2064a phone\u2063 call \u2063with \u2064right-leaning \u2062Prime \u200bMinister\u200c Benjamin \u2062Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>One\u2062 of Netanyahu&#8217;s\u200c recent initiatives involves overhauling Israel&#8217;s judicial system,\u2064 a\u2064 plan \u2063that has divided \u200bthe country. \u200cBiden urged him\u200c not \u2062to\u2064 rush \u2063the \u2064process and emphasized his commitment to\u200c negotiating\u200b a two-state solution to the \u200bIsrael-Palestine conflict during his meeting \u200cwith \u2063Herzog.<\/p>\n<p>When\u2063 asked\u200d about Netanyahu visiting the\u2062 White House, Biden \u200bsimply replied, &#8220;We&#8217;re \u2062talking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The situation\u2062 escalated further \u200din \u2062Congress.\u200b Herzog became the \u2063first Israeli president since his father\u200d in \u20641987 to address\u2063 a joint\u2062 session, \u2064marking Israel&#8217;s\u2062 75th \u2064year\u200c of\u2062 independence.\u200d However, Jayapal, along with \u2064progressive \u2063representatives Alexandria \u200cOcasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Ilhan Omar, and \u200bCori \u200cBush, \u200cchose to \u200bskip the address. Jewish lawmaker\u200c Sen. Bernie\u2062 Sanders, who\u200d has been critical of\u2062 Israel, also \u200cdeclined \u200dto \u2064attend.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u200c  <\/p>\n<h3>Rebuke\u2064 and Support<\/h3>\n<p>\u200b \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200cJayapal&#8217;s\u2064 controversial\u2063 comment,\u200d all\u2064 of the\u2063 House&#8217;s\u200b Democratic leadership rebuked her, and\u200b Republicans \u2062forced a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-supreme-court-to-allow-abortion-bans-to-take-effect-amid-legal-challenges\/\" title=\"Idaho Supreme Court to Allow Abortion Bans to Take Effect Amid Legal Challenges\">vote affirming<\/a> that\u2064 Israel is \u200bnot\u200b a &#8220;racist or \u200bapartheid state.&#8221; The \u2062measure\u2064 passed overwhelmingly, with Jayapal herself supporting it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nevertheless,\u200b some Republicans \u200chave accused Biden\u200c of being\u2062 too accommodating toward \u200dprogressives\u200b and \u2064not \u200dsupportive \u200denough of \u2063Israel. However, Biden&#8217;s \u200doverall \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-stuck-in-the-middle-of-heated-democratic-debate-over-israel\/\" title=\"Biden caught in fiery Democratic debate on Israel.\">comments expressed firm\u200c support<\/a> for \u200cIsrael, as\u200b did the\u200c overwhelming House vote, even among\u200b Democratic representatives.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2063 <\/p>\n<h3>Firm\u200d Support for Israel<\/h3>\n<p>  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is \u2064a\u2063 friendship, \u2063I\u2062 believe, that\u2019s\u2062 just simply\u200c unbreakable.\u2064 Unbreakable,&#8221;\u2063 Biden emphasized. \u2064&#8221;And together,\u200b working \u200cto\u2062 bring more stability and\u200c integration \u200din the Middle\u2062 East. And \u200da lot\u2064 of hard work. We\u2019ve \u200bgot a \u2062lot more to\u2063 do,\u2062 but there&#8217;s progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic \u2063strategist\u200d Michael\u200d Stratton commended Biden&#8217;s handling \u2063of \u200dthe situation,\u2062 acknowledging the \u200bcomplexity\u200c of the \u200brelationship\u2064 with \u200dIsrael. Stratton highlighted Biden&#8217;s\u200d unique skills\u2062 in\u2062 keeping all parties \u2062at the table.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2062 the \u200ddomestic front, Stratton attributed the controversy \u200dto\u2064 the Democratic Party&#8217;s broad base of\u2063 voters, stating, \u2062&#8221;The \u2062bigger \u200dthe \u200btent,\u2063 the broader\u200b the voices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK\u200c HERE \u2062TO READ \u200bMORE\u200b FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it comes to Israel, President Joe Biden is striving to appease all parties. During a meeting with the country&#8217;s president and a phone call with its prime minister, the White House was confronted with inquiries regarding comments made by a progressive Democrat. Additionally, Biden has taken fresh measures concerning junk fees, food prices, and corporate mergers.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}