{"id":2076446,"date":"2023-10-23T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-faces-party-rift-over-hamas-israel-conflict\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:06:33","slug":"analysis-biden-faces-party-rift-over-hamas-israel-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-faces-party-rift-over-hamas-israel-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden confronts party division on Hamas-Israel conflict."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fanalysis-biden-faces-party-rift-over-hamas-israel-conflict%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=2076446&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--><p>President \u200cJoe Biden&#8217;s response to the recent\u2063 Hamas-Israel \u2063conflict has put him in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hammer-is-the-deep-state-coming-after-joe-biden\/\" title=\"Josh Hammer: Is the Deep State Coming After Joe Biden?\">delicate political position<\/a>, with divisions emerging within \u2064his own Democratic \u2064Party. While his initial show of support for Israel aligns with American public opinion, the dynamics within\u2063 the party could become increasingly complex if the war drags on.<\/p>\n<p>Initial polls indicate that a majority of Americans sympathize with Israel in the \u2062aftermath of a devastating Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that claimed the lives of at least 1,500 civilians, including 32 \u2062Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Related\u2064 Stories<br \/>\n&#8211; Biden Requests $105 Billion for \u200dUkraine, Israel, and\u200c Southern Border<br \/>\n&#8211; Biden Calls for Support for Israel, Ukraine in Oval Office Address<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s strong support for Israel and his personal visit\u2064 to the country \u2064have largely mirrored this sentiment. President\u2062 Biden is\u200c performing \u201cbrilliantly\u201d in a difficult moment and demonstrating\u200c \u201cmoral leadership,\u201d according to Ann Lewis, a Democrat strategist\u200d who served as White House communications \u200bdirector in the \u2064Clinton administration.<\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 Brian Seitchik, a Republican \u200dstrategist, points \u200bto a\u200b widening schism within the Democratic Party,\u200d owing to the anti-Israel stance\u2062 of hard-left progressives. \u201cThe Democrats are\u2064 certainly divided over Israel. There is a very strong anti-Israel, antisemitic faction that exists in the Democratic Party,\u201d Mr. \u200dSeitchik told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>The recent resignation of Josh Paul, a former State Department official, in protest of President Biden&#8217;s response to the Hamas-Israel conflict reflected the frustration \u2063within\u2062 some quarters of\u200c Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, \u200bsome progressive members of the Democratic Party, part of the &#8220;Squad,&#8221; have called for an end to violence\u200d and urged the president to stop sending aid to Israel. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) has criticized the administration&#8217;s response to the conflict, delivering an emotional speech expressing her\u2064 dissent.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u2063Cori Bush (D-Mo.) also criticized U.S. \u2062foreign policy, advocating for an end to \u201csupport for Israeli military occupation and\u200c apartheid.\u201d She is leading House progressives with the Ceasefire Now Resolution, calling \u200dfor de-escalation of the\u2063 conflict and humanitarian assistance to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>A United Party?<br \/>\nAccording to Mark Mellman, a Democrat pollster and strategist, the vast \u200bmajority of the public and congressional\u2063 Democrats back President\u2062 Biden on \u2063Israel, making the opposition from some progressive members irrelevant for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor\u2064 now, at least, the president has a \u2063unified party behind him. They\u2019re unified in their support for Israel and unified in their\u200d understanding of the need to remove Hamas from power. And that could change over time,\u201d he told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign policy, Mr. Mellman says, is virtually never a dominant issue in an election \u200ccycle, especially when there are no Americans on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>The White House \u2062did not mince \u2063words in responding to progressive lawmakers who blamed Israel following\u2062 the Hamas attacks. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to be\u200c very clear: \u200cWe believe they are wrong, we believe they\u2019re repugnant, and we \u2062believe they\u2019re \u200cdisgraceful,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Oct. 11.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) also made\u2063 a surprise move by breaking with his progressive allies and siding with the president. He \u200drejected \u2064calls\u200b for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>He also took aim at \u2063progressive members of the House \u2062for blaming Israel\u200d for the recent hospital bombing in Gaza, calling their actions\u2064 \u201ctruly disturbing.\u201d He said he \u2063believes that Senate Democrats are united on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new CNN poll, about\u2062 71 percent of Americans sympathize with the Israeli people following the Oct.\u2064 7 Hamas attacks and believe \u2063that the Israeli government&#8217;s military response was justifiable.<\/p>\n<p>Some believe,\u200b however, that if the conflict continues, support for Israel could dwindle quickly, particularly among Democrats. \u2064Support for Palestinians<br \/>\nRepublican political strategist Ford O&#8217;Connell said the\u2063 strong support for Palestinians among Democrat voters could \u2062pose a\u200b problem for\u200c President Biden in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have grown \u200bincreasingly sympathetic to Palestinians during the last decade, he said, citing \u200ca Gallup poll in March that showed \u200b49 percent \u2064of Democrats sympathized with Palestinians, compared to 38 percent who sympathized with Israelis.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ccontrast, 11 percent of Republicans and 32 percent of independents expressed sympathy for Palestinians \u200cin the March survey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think part of \u2064the reason we&#8217;re at this war is because, unfortunately, how naive\u2063 the Biden administration has been about Iran,\u201d Mr. O\u2019Connell said. \u201cI mean, the world \u200bis literally on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the conflict between Israel and Hamas is not resolved quickly, he added, President Biden will \u201chave a real mess on \u200bhis hands politically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Seitchik concurred, adding that anti-Israel sentiment within the Democratic \u2064Party \u200dcould alienate pro-Israel voters, including\u2064 those in key swing states like Michigan, Arizona, and Wisconsin, as well as GOP-leaning Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Another poll by the Wall Street Journal\/Ipsos conducted after the Hamas attack shows an upsurge in support for Israel in its longstanding \u200cconflicts with Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>A substantial \u200c42 percent of respondents believe the\u200d United \u200bStates should side with Israel, marking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-biden-faces-party-rift-over-hamas-israel-conflict\/\" title=\"Biden confronts party division on Hamas-Israel conflict.\">record\u2063 high dating \u200bback<\/a> to 2002,\u2062 while only 3 percent believe it\u2063 should\u200c take the Palestinians&#8217; side.<\/p>\n<p>Favorable views of both \u200dthe\u2063 Israeli people and their government have \u2063increased in this latest survey, although younger Americans, a crucial part of the Democrat base, exhibit less support for\u2063 Israel compared with older generations.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Hamas-Israel \u2063conflict poses a potential political challenge for President Biden. If the crisis persists\u200d without resolution, he could face difficulties \u200cboth within his \u200cparty and in garnering support from certain segments of the electorate, especially those who sympathize with the Palestinian cause.  <\/p>\n<h2> What impact do opinion polls suggesting majority American support for Israel have on\u200b President Biden&#8217;s handling of the \u2064conflict, and\u2064 how does\u2062 this align with the dynamics within the Democratic Party?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Delicate \u2062political position that President\u2064 Joe Biden finds \u200dhimself in due to divisions within his\u2063 own Democratic Party regarding\u2063 his \u2064response to \u200cthe recent Hamas-Israel conflict. While initially showing support for Israel, which aligns with \u2064American\u2062 public \u2064opinion, the dynamics within the\u2063 party could become increasingly complex if the war continues.<\/p>\n<p>Opinion polls suggest that a\u2064 majority of Americans sympathize with Israel in \u200bthe aftermath of a devastating\u2064 Hamas attack on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of over 1,500 civilians, including 32\u2064 Americans.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s\u2063 strong support for Israel, including his personal visit to the country, has largely reflected this sentiment. According to Ann Lewis, a Democratic strategist and \u2064former White \u2062House communications \u200cdirector, President Biden is handling the situation &#8220;brilliantly&#8221; and demonstrating &#8220;moral leadership.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Republican strategist Brian Seitchik \u200bhighlights a growing divide within the Democratic Party due to the \u200banti-Israel stance of \u200dhard-left progressives. He claims that there is a strong anti-Israel, antisemitic \u200dfaction within the party. This division was further highlighted by the resignation of former State \u200cDepartment official Josh Paul in \u2063protest \u200bof President Biden&#8217;s response to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive\u200c members of the Democratic Party, such as the so-called &#8220;Squad,&#8221; have called for an end to violence and urged the\u2063 president to stop sending aid to Israel. Rep. Rashida Tlaib has criticized\u2064 the administration&#8217;s response, delivering an emotional speech \u200cexpressing\u2063 her dissent. Rep.\u200b Cori Bush has also criticized U.S.\u200d foreign policy, advocating for an end to support for \u200bIsraeli \u200bmilitary occupation and apartheid. She is leading House progressives with the Ceasefire Now Resolution, which calls for de-escalation and humanitarian assistance to Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these divisions, Democrat pollster and\u200c strategist Mark Mellman \u200bbelieves that the \u2063majority of the public and congressional \u2063Democrats support President Biden \u2063on Israel, making\u200b opposition from progressive members irrelevant at the moment. He notes that foreign policy is rarely a dominant issue in elections, especially when there are no Americans directly involved in the \u2064conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has\u200d strongly responded to progressive lawmakers blaming Israel\u200c for the Hamas attacks, stating that they believe these claims are wrong, repugnant, and disgraceful. Senator John Fetterman broke with his progressive allies and sided\u2062 with the president, rejecting calls\u2064 for a ceasefire and criticizing progressive \u200dHouse members for blaming Israel for\u200c the hospital bombing in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polls indicate that approximately 71 percent of Americans \u200dsympathize with the Israeli people and believe that Israel&#8217;s military response was justifiable. However, if the conflict\u200d continues, support for Israel could\u200c wane quickly, particularly among Democrats. Republican political strategist Ford O&#8217;Connell suggests\u2063 that support for Palestinians may increase as the conflict persists.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, President\u2062 Joe Biden&#8217;s response to the Hamas-Israel conflict has sparked divisions within his \u2063own Democratic Party. While initially showing support for Israel in line with public opinion, the\u2062 dynamics within the party could become more complex if the war continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that President Joe Biden&#8217;s stance on the Hamas-Israel conflict has put him in a precarious political situation. Despite initially backing Israel, divisions are surfacing within his own Democratic Party. If the conflict persists, the party&#8217;s dynamics could become more intricate. Early surveys suggest that public opinion in America aligns with Biden&#8217;s initial support for Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2076447,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2076446","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=2076446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2076447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}