Pat Toomey: Biden Is Emboldening Hamas by Withholding Israel Aid

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TOOMEY: "In the short-term, I do believe that the IDF has the military capability, the resources, materials, the weapon systems they need to do what they need to do in Rafah. However, it is very damaging for the president to indicate to the world that the United States is not willing to stand by Israel in this exercise, really, to preserve their very existence. This, in my mind, is a continuation of the squandering of deterrence. What message does it send to Hamas when President Biden indicates that his support is contingent on Israel not finishing this job? There are four battalions of Hamas terrorists in Rafah. Of course they want to survive, regroup, retake control of Gaza, so that they can live to launch more attacks on Israel. Of course Israel has to prevent that. But when Hamas hears that maybe the U.S. won’t stand by Israel, it obviously emboldens them to hold out more, to demand more in any kind of cease-fire, and the message it sends around the world is that the United States is not necessarily a reliable ally. So I think this is very, very dangerous in sort of the bigger picture in the medium term."