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Senate Democrats expressed concerns complete nan position of nan war betwixt Israel and nan violent statement Hamas successful Gaza Tuesday arsenic President Biden looks to onslaught a equilibrium betwixt supporting nan U.S. state and addressing concerns of progressives and Arab and Muslim voters who person made their displeasure known amid nan conflict.
"I don't support a cease-fire. I've been very clear astir that," Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told Fox News Digital Tuesday.
In a telephone past week pinch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pursuing an airstrike from nan state that killed 7 workers delivering nutrient and assistance successful Gaza, Biden called for an contiguous cease-fire to reside nan request to get assistance to nan warfare zone.
Biden's move to endorse a cease-fire comes arsenic pro-Palestinian protests person plagued his run events successful caller months.
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Democratic senators revealed their concerns astir nan warfare successful Israel. (Getty Images)
"There's been acold excessively overmuch civilian decease correct now," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said of nan business successful Gaza. However, he credited Biden pinch expanding unit connected Israel pinch "an uptick successful humanitarian deliveries successful nan past fewer days."
Criticism complete Biden's backing of state Israel has ramped up successful caller days, arsenic reports emerged of his anger and vexation complete nan country's sidesplitting of respective assistance workers successful Gaza. Last month, nan U.S. allowed a United Nations Security Council solution calling for a cease-fire to pass, breaking from a streak of vetoing akin measures.
Netanyahu slammed nan move, claiming astatine nan clip nan "United States has abandoned its argumentation successful nan U.N. today. Just a fewer days ago, it supported a Security Council solution that linked a telephone for a cease-fire to nan merchandise of hostages."
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The premier curate attributed his cancellation of an Israeli delegation's travel to Washington, D.C., to nan resolution's passage.
Just 2 weeks aft Biden's management allowed nan U.N. solution to pass, Vice President Kamala Harris met pinch families of American hostages held successful Gaza Tuesday. According to a readout from Harris' agency connected nan meeting, she updated nan families connected U.S. efforts to bring location each hostages and reaching an statement for an contiguous cease-fire.
Netanyahu canceled a delegation's travel to Washington, D.C. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
A White House charismatic shared that efforts are ongoing to unafraid nan merchandise of much hostages and noted that nan passed U.N. solution additionally called for nan merchandise of hostages. However, nan solution did not see condemnation of Hamas, which prompted disapproval against nan Biden administration.
At a Senate Republican luncheon Tuesday, GOP convention Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., circulated a archive to his colleagues, listing "27 times Biden & Democrats abandoned Israel" since nan first Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
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The document, exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, listed events, including nan Biden management urging Israel to extremity a crushed run successful Gaza past twelvemonth and Senate Democrats successful November voting against a stand-alone Israel assistance measure that did not necktie nan assistance to assistance for Ukraine.
"President Biden is demanding a highly damaging, unconditional cease-fire. Meanwhile, Democrats successful Congress are equating Prime Minister Netanyahu to Hamas. These unprecedented actions undermine Israel’s ngo to free nan hostages and destruct Hamas," Barrasso told Fox News Digital successful an exclusive statement.
Asked really Biden was handling support for Israel astatine nan aforesaid clip arsenic addressing concerns for Palestinian civilians, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said, "It's a challenging situation."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., avoided criticizing Biden for his handling of nan Israel-Hamas war, alternatively telling Fox News Digital, "I laic blasted pinch nan Netanyahu authorities that has created a humanitarian disaster and doing everything imaginable each azygous time to make it worse."
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Warren blamed Netanyahu for making nan humanitarian rumor worse. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
While Fetterman noted his disagreement pinch Biden connected a cease-fire, he said, "Overall, I deliberation nan president has remained to guidelines pinch Israel.
"But we request to let Israel to decorativeness disconnected and spell aft Hamas."
While Democrats were hesitant to reside Biden's argumentation toward Israel directly, Senate Republicans were much than consenting to slam nan president for making decisions connected nan warfare based connected "political calculus," arsenic Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, claimed.
"I deliberation it's really astir trying to appease nan progressively vocal, frankly, pro-Hamas wing, I guess, of their party," said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. "I mean, they must deliberation that they person a batch of votes they request to unfastened for them."
According to Vance, Biden's posture connected nan warfare is "completely inconsistent" coming pinch what it was "two months ago."
"And they're doing it because they're worried astir losing definite populations successful Michigan," Vance claimed, apt referencing nan important Arab and Muslim populations successful nan state.
Pro-Palestinian protests person targeted Biden's campaign. (Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Since nan onset of nan warfare successful Gaza, Biden's 2024 re-election run has faced obstacles among Muslim supporters, who person claimed they are consenting to move their backs connected him.
His run has besides seen efforts rebuffed by Muslim leaders who person connected aggregate occasions refused to meet pinch nan president's squad successful run aliases charismatic capacities.
The Biden run did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.
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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., blasted Biden's consequence to Israel's onslaught that killed 7 assistance workers, claiming it was held to a "different standard."
"Why don't they show america who sewage held accountable for nan 13 people, warriors killed astatine nan Kabul airport?" he asked, referencing nan deaths of respective work men and women during nan U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, overseen by Biden.
Making a akin point, Fetterman explained, "I mean, terrible, unspeakable things often hap successful a warfare situation, and we really cannot hide that this is each because of Hamas." The legislator referenced a U.S. drone strike successful 2021 that mistakenly killed a number of Afghani civilians successful a car.
Julia Johnson is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, starring sum of nan U.S. Senate. She was antecedently a authorities newsman astatine nan Washington Examiner.
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