{"id":2215042,"date":"2024-04-07T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T20:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-van-hollen-not-clear-on-biden-administrations-israel-stance\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T20:34:04","slug":"chris-van-hollen-not-clear-on-biden-administrations-israel-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-van-hollen-not-clear-on-biden-administrations-israel-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Van Hollen expresses uncertainty regarding the Biden administration&#8217;s stance 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\">24<\/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%2Fchris-van-hollen-not-clear-on-biden-administrations-israel-stance%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=2215042&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>Senator Chris Van Hollen\u200c (D-MD)\u2062 has questioned\u200d President Biden&#8217;s\u200b stance on Israel following the Israel Defense\u2064 Forces&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">attack<\/a>\u2063 on aid trucks in Gaza. The \u2062Biden administration&#8217;s decision to link U.S. military aid to Israel with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chris-smith-biden-playing-genocide-olympics-a-weak-response-by-a-weak-administration\/\" title=\"Rep. Chris Smith: Biden Playing Genocide Olympics 'a Weak Response by a Weak Administration'\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">human rights<\/a> conditions<\/a> aimed to \u2062gain support\u200d from center-left \u2063Senate Democrats. Van Hollen expressed uncertainty about the enforcement of\u200b these conditions. Your summary\u200b effectively highlights Senator Chris Van Hollen&#8217;s concerns regarding President\u2062 Biden&#8217;s stance on Israel after the Israel Defense Forces&#8217; attack on aid trucks in Gaza.\u2062 It also touches upon the Biden administration&#8217;s strategy of tying U.S.\u2063 military aid to Israel with human rights conditions to \u200dattract support\u2062 from center-left \u200bSenate \u200cDemocrats, prompting Van Hollen&#8217;s uncertainty about the implementation of these conditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-van-hollen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chris Van Hollen<\/a> (D-MD) isn\u2019t clear on Biden\u2019s stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/idf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel Defense Forces<\/a> attack on World Central Kitchen\u2019s aid trucks in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-military-aid-gaza-congress-supplemental-b72ac73f0728062f22143dae1226c81b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> they would condition U.S. military aid to Israel with human rights, a move to hopefully boost support from center-left Senate Democrats. Still, in the wake of the attack on aid workers, Van Hollen said he \u201cis not clear\u201d on how the conditions are being enforced.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1776997312838992055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interview<\/a> on NBC News\u2019s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>, when asked if he understood the Biden administration\u2019s policy on the issue, Van Hollen said, \u201cI am not clear.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was glad to see the president, at least as reported out, finally say to President Netanyahu that \u2018if you don\u2019t follow these, you know my requests, there will be consequences,\u2019\u201d Van Hollen said. <\/p>\n<p>Van Hollen has been one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2915879\/sanders-leads-senators-demanding-biden-stop-arming-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>outspoken<\/a> senators against the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. The consequences Biden warned Netanyahu about have yet to be detailed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> have yet to lay out what consequences they want to impose,\u201d Van Hollen said. \u201cWe have had a situation where for months the president has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-total-f-disaster-dem-rep-blasts-biden-admin-after-secret-kabul-trip-says-troops-are-devastated-over-leaving-allies\/\" title=\"\u2018A Total F****** Disaster\u2019: Dem Rep Blasts Biden Admin After Secret Kabul Trip, Says Troops Are \u2018Devastated\u2019 Over Leaving Allies\">made requests<\/a> to the Netanyahu government, they have ignored those requests, and we [the United States] have sent more 2,000-pound bombs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He said future partnership with Israel cannot be \u201ca one-way street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy view is the president needs to do what he said he was going to do, which is see if the Netanyahu government is going to implement these changes in terms of allowing more humanitarian assistance.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He said those benchmarks can be measured by \u201cpeople not starving to death\u201d and \u201cpeople being able to get medical equipment.\u201d Van Hollen still said \u201cmeans to enforce\u201d conditions must exist in order for the conditions of the aid to be successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to make sure that when the president requests something that we have a means to enforce it,\u201d Van Hollen said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Van Hollen said that until conditions are met, the U.S. should not send Israel aid. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil those conditions are met, then no, we should not be sending more offensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>weapons<\/a> to Israel,\u201d Van Hollen said. \u201cNot to stop them permanently, but to effectively use our leverage, that\u2019s what we\u2019re asking the president of the United States to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Chris Van Hollen from Maryland remains uncertain about the Biden administration&#8217;s position on Israel following the recent attack by the Israel Defense Forces on World Central Kitchen&#8217;s aid trucks in Gaza. Earlier this year, the administration&#8217;s decision to tie U.S. military aid to Israel to human rights conditions aimed to garner backing from the center-left<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2215043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/van-hollen-1024x590.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/van-hollen-1024x590.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215042","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}