Republican Senator James Vance said US President Joe Biden is trying to take advantage of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to continue supporting Ukraine. transmits Fox News. He said it was disgusting to take advantage of the tragedy of Israel facing a Hamas attack.
“It is absolutely shameful that the president is using the situation in Israel to sell his disastrous Ukraine policy to skeptical Americans. “These are different countries, they have different problems, and any attempt to use Israel as political cover is offensive,” he said.
He added that the United States cannot afford to support Ukraine and Israel at the same time.
On October 7, Hamas launched thousands of rockets into Israel and announced the start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that the country was at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. The Israeli air force launched strikes against hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, materials, electricity and fuel to the strip. Israel told the UN on October 13 that 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza 24 hours before the ground operation in Gaza.
Previously in the USA in the name Do not help Ukraine at the expense of Israel.