{"id":2243306,"date":"2024-05-13T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spin-cycle-joe-biden-loves-israel-joe-biden-loves-israel-not\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T12:30:00","slug":"spin-cycle-joe-biden-loves-israel-joe-biden-loves-israel-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spin-cycle-joe-biden-loves-israel-joe-biden-loves-israel-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Spin Cycle: Biden&#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\">12<\/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%2Fspin-cycle-joe-biden-loves-israel-joe-biden-loves-israel-not%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=2243306&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>The Daily Wire offers a recap \u200cof \u200cSunday&#8217;s media \u200cspin on the Israel-Hamas war\u200d and \u200bPresident Biden&#8217;s stance. Various viewpoints were discussed, including criticisms\u2063 of Biden&#8217;s decisions and the \u200bimpact on trust with allies like Israel, China, and Russia. Political figures defended\u2064 and criticized Biden&#8217;s actions, highlighting the complexity\u200c of the situation. The Daily\u2064 Wire summarizes Sunday&#8217;s media coverage\u200d of \u2063the Israel-Hamas conflict and President Biden&#8217;s position. It\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-warns-finland-will-have-problems-with-russia-after-being-dragged-into-nato\/\" title=\"Putin warns Finland of potential consequences after being 'pulled into' NATO\">includes diverse opinions<\/a> on Biden&#8217;s\u200c choices affecting trust among allies\u200c like Israel, China, \u2062and Russia. Political\u2063 figures both support and critique Biden, underscoring the\u2063 intricacies of the scenario.  <\/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<p>For those who don\u2019t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television \u2014 and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week\u2019s worth of network and cable news media spin \u2014 The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s media spin was centered on the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas \u2014 and President Joe Biden\u2019s attempts to play both sides as he struggles to keep his 2024 campaign from internal combustion. Once again, even the Left-leaning media outlets brought in Republicans to do the heavy lifting when it came to criticizing Biden\u2019s recent actions \u2014 specifically his threat, after promising \u201cironclad\u201d support to Israel, to withhold military aid already promised and approved by Congress if Israel invaded Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>On ABC\u2019s <strong>\u201cThis Week,\u201d<\/strong> host Martha Raddatz spoke with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) about the situation, pushing back when he argued that Biden\u2019s unilateral decision went against the will of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Without claiming directly that she supported Biden\u2019s decision to withhold certain bombs even after the aid package was passed, Raddatz pushed back on McCaul and argued that even \u201cprecision weapons\u201d might be too much if the risk of civilian casualties was too high.<\/p>\n<p>McCaul pointed out that any civilian casualties in Rafah should be laid at the feet of the Hamas terrorists who used them as human shields and then stole the humanitarian aid that was sent to Gaza to help them recover.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">House Foreign Affairs chair Michael McCaul tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarthaRaddatz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarthaRaddatz<\/a> that he is worried that Pres. Biden is defying \u201ccongressional intent\u201d by holding back weapons intended for Israel that have been passed by Congress. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uxyc1uI9Tt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Uxyc1uI9Tt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2h8f5fHvMr\">pic.twitter.com\/2h8f5fHvMr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1789673435397759274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McCaul went on to say that Biden\u2019s actions sent a very clear message not just to allies like Israel but also to adversaries like China and Russia: \u201cYou can\u2019t count on the United States. You can\u2019t trust the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our allies and friends see this as a trust issue,\u201d he said, arguing that Hamas leadership had racked up a win with Biden\u2019s help, and they had done to without firing a single shot. \u201cI think Russia and China are right there looking at this too.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pres. Biden withholding weapons to Israel sends a message \u201cthat you can\u2019t count on the United States,\u201d GOP Rep. Michael McCaul says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our allies and friends see this as a trust issue\u2026I think Russia and China are right there looking at this too.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4bBzd7RDh\">https:\/\/t.co\/j4bBzd7RDh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eVDIfs6sTj\">pic.twitter.com\/eVDIfs6sTj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisWeekABC\/status\/1789685755247251949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On <strong>\u201cFace the Nation,\u201d<\/strong> CBS anchor Margaret Brennan spoke with Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) about what he called a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cotton-accuses-biden-of-imposing-a-de-facto-arms-embargo-against-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">de facto arms embargo<\/a>\u201d implemented by Biden against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael\u2019s goal is to destroy Hamas, which committed the worst atrocity against Jews since World War II. Hamas\u2019s goal is to survive. If they do \u2014 if Israel does not go into Rafah and destroy Hamas in Rafah, Hamas will survive,\u201d Cotton said, rebuffing Brennan\u2019s claims that Biden was only talking about not sending the heaviest bombs to Israel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Biden has imposed a &#8220;de facto arms embargo on Israel,&#8221; GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenTomCotton<\/a> claims after the administration halted a shipment of large bombs to Israel over concerns of a possible invasion into Rafah. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yNgYyK2yq3\">pic.twitter.com\/yNgYyK2yq3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1789691442111140138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On CNN\u2019s <strong>\u201cState of the Union,\u201d<\/strong> Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined anchor Dana Bash to defend Biden\u2019s precarious position.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy claimed that Biden was not \u201cpaying attention to the politics\u201d surrounding the Israel-Hamas war, and was taking actions that put him more in line with what the American people wanted, \u201csquarely where the middle of the country is.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI don&#8217;t mind the fact that the president isn&#8217;t paying attention to the politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisMurphyCT<\/a> tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanaBashCNN<\/a> that President Biden is ignoring \u201cthe extremes of the debate\u201d around the Israel-Hamas war and says Biden is \u201csquarely where the middle of this country is.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b9hO3eLrBV\">pic.twitter.com\/b9hO3eLrBV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1789674290427699459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Murphy went on to say that he supported Biden\u2019s decision to withhold certain items from Israel \u2014 despite Congressional approval of the total aid package \u2014 if a ground invasion of Rafah was launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden is learning the mistakes of U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan,\u201d Murphy said, arguing that Israel would never defeat Hamas or any other terrorist organization \u201cwith military force alone\u201d \u2014 and claiming that a heavy military campaign in Rafah would likely make Hamas even stronger.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPresident Biden is learning the mistakes of U.S. military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisMurphyCT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisMurphyCT<\/a> tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanaBashCNN<\/a> that he supports President Biden\u2019s threat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-approves-200-million-for-israels-missile-defense-needs\/\" title=\"Congress Approves 0 Million for Israel\u2019s Missile Defense Needs\">block military aid<\/a> if Israel launches an offensive in Rafah. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VKxojI6yqM\">pic.twitter.com\/VKxojI6yqM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1789673972411310345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the other side of the coin was Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), who told Bash that Biden\u2019s overstep was also a misstep: \u201cAmerica is not good at micromanaging wars in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;America is not good at micromanaging wars in the Middle East.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a> sounds off on President Joe Biden\u2019s strategy on the Israel-Hamas war in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanaBashCNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanaBashCNN<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EFCu9aDzmX\">pic.twitter.com\/EFCu9aDzmX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1789670874456506701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NBC\u2019s <strong>\u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/strong> covered the full spectrum of opinions on the topic \u2014 beginning with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who said that Biden should stop all aid going to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has \u2026 gone to war against the entire Palestinian people, and the results have been absolutely catastrophic,\u201d he told anchor Kristen Welker.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BernieSanders?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BernieSanders<\/a> (I-Vt.) says Israel should &#8220;not be receiving another nickel in U.S. military aid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders: &#8220;Israel has \u2026 gone to war against the entire Palestinian people, and the results have been absolutely catastrophic.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySUpPIbxbO\">pic.twitter.com\/ySUpPIbxbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1789655232621748607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) defended Israel and the aid that Congress had signed off on sending, arguing that the Jewish state should be allowed to employ any tactical means necessary to ensure their survival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did we drop two \u2026 nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? To end a war we couldn\u2019t afford to lose. \u2026 That was the right decision,\u201d Graham said. \u201cIsrael, do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LindseyGrahamSC<\/a> compares the Israel-Hamas war to WWII:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did we drop two \u2026 nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? To end a war we couldn\u2019t afford to lose. \u2026 That was the right decision. \u2026 Israel, do whatever you have to do to survive as a Jewish state.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wo5wUQaYpF\">pic.twitter.com\/Wo5wUQaYpF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1789658700329656428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended Biden\u2019s position to Welker, claiming that even a full-scale military onslaught in Rafah would not be enough to wipe out Hamas. He then complained that he was not satisfied with Israel\u2019s plans to minimize civilian casualties \u2014 or for what they planned to do once the war was over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecBlinken<\/a> says the U.S. has not seen \u201ccredible\u201d plans from Israel on mitigating civilian deaths in Rafah \u2014 or for what happens when the war ends.<\/p>\n<p>Blinken: \u201cEven if [Israel] \u2026 takes heavy action in Rafah, there will still be thousands of armed Hamas left.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1qRVlnYBW\">pic.twitter.com\/V1qRVlnYBW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1789661584911945994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On <strong>\u201cFox News Sunday,\u201d<\/strong> guest host Benjamin Hall asked Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) to weigh in on the message Biden\u2019s actions were sending to Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s reply was simple: he said that Biden, in the hopes of shoring up support ahead of November\u2019s presidential election, had embraced \u201cthe Hamas wing\u201d of his own party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRickScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenRickScott<\/a> reacts to Biden pausing weapon shipments to Israel over its plan to invade Rafah. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VN956wYoV8\">pic.twitter.com\/VN956wYoV8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSunday\/status\/1789668478439301264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The only outlier on Sunday was, as usual, MSNBC\u2019s <strong>\u201cInside with Psaki,\u201d<\/strong> where the former White House Press Secretary kept her eye on \u2026 former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki brought in Andrew Weissmann to handicap the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-a-smith-blasts-democrats-over-trump-trials-scared-you-cant-beat-him\/\" title=\"Stephen A. Smith criticizes Democrats for Trump trials: 'Afraid they can't defeat him.\">ongoing hush money trial<\/a> against Trump in Manhattan, and he argued that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen should handle himself \u2014 in his upcoming testimony \u2014 much in the same way that former porn star Stormy Daniels had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just needs to be, frankly, like Stormy Daniels \u2014 which is smart, careful and unflappable,\u201d he said. \u201cOn cross examination, she was humanized. And you saw just how effective she was.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;He just needs to be, frankly, like Stormy Daniels \u2013 which is smart, careful and unflappable\u2026 On cross examination, she was humanized. And you saw just how effective she was.&#8221;<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWeissmann_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AWeissmann_<\/a> on why Michael Cohen should emulate Stormy Daniels&#8217;s demeanor on the stand. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ss12iVzLA9\">pic.twitter.com\/ss12iVzLA9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideWithPsaki\/status\/1789701894379626842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those not glued to Sunday morning TV or drowning in weekly news spin, The Daily Wire offers a brief recap. 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