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Is Biden Finally Going to Stand Up to the Israeli Government?

Have things finally reached a breaking point?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMay 9, 2024
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Following protests on college campuses in response to the genocide being waged against Palestine that have generated headlines all around the world, I’ve certainly made my views on how the United States should be handling its relationship with the Israeli government perfectly clear. I’ve been wondering what it would take for the United States to finally step in and say enough is enough, and withhold aide from Israel. At some point we have to acknowledge the blood on our nation’s hands when it comes to this conflict, and how our taxpayer dollars and military weapons are being usde to slaughter innocent Palestinians and destroy their homes.

Enough is enough.

Well, maybe Biden is finally beginning to agree.

Ivana Kottasová and Eugenia Yosef with CNN write:

“Israeli officials have slammed the United States and descended into a bout of infighting over US President Joe Biden’s remarks that he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel if a full-scale ground operation is launched into the city of Rafah.

After Biden made his remarks, in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, said…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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