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President Joe Biden’s schedule detailed no public appearances on Monday after news surfaced that Palestinian terrorists killed nine Americans in Israel over the weekend. “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens,” the State Department announced Monday morning. “We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected.” Nine Americans died alongside a reported 800 Israelis since Saturday when Hamas first launched a surprise attack against the country. According to media reports, the Biden administration is scrambling to ascertain how many Americans the terror attacks killed or taken hostage.

President Biden on Tuesday is expected to finally deliver remarks about the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel amid mounting criticism that he was staying out of public view in the days since the ambush was launched. Biden, 80, will deliver remarks at 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to NewsNation. Monday was the second straight day Biden didn’t show face even as the State Department confirmed at least 11 Americans have been killed in the depraved attack by Hamas. Overall, more than 900 people have been killed in Israel since the Palestinian terror group launched the surprise operation early Saturday. Biden spoke...

The White House is being pummeled for hosting a barbeque on Sunday afternoon while war erupts in Israel. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden hosted a barbeque for White House Executive Residence staff and their families around the Rose Garden, according to a White House pool report. Biden’s decision to hold the event was blasted by congressmen and conservative media figures as war broke out in Israel and United States citizens were confirmed to be among those dead following Hamas’ attack. “While Hamas holds Americans hostage, Joe Biden is enjoying a picnic with a live band,” Republican Missouri...

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, known for his close ties to US President Joe Biden, published an op-ed on Saturday following Biden’s meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York this past week. Friedman asserted that, while appearing friendly toward Netanyahu, the President had "privately slip[ped] a homework assignment into Bibi's pocket." This assignment, according to Friedman, was for Netanyahu to decide whether to dismantle his coalition, or miss out on the chance to achieve normalization with Saudi Arabia. “It was a master class in how a US president puts a fateful decision to an Israeli leader —...

President Biden has often made reference to his close relationship with Israel and Israeli leaders over the last half century as a way of proving his bona fides on matters relating to the Jewish state. The Obama administration had badly strained those relationships, but when Biden was elected in 2020, many hoped and some predicted that his would be an administration far friendlier to Israel. And on the surface it has been; the steady current of hostility that emanated from Obama’s White House has not been present in Biden’s. Still, more than halfway through the 46th president’s term, the facts...

Richard Goldberg @rich_goldberg: Will the White House now be issuing Statements of Administration Policy for legislation passed in every democratic country, or just for Israel? I hadn't seen one on the French pension reform, so maybe it's new policy. Asking for all the hard-working people in Leg Affairs. Jul 24, 2023 *: Did Biden issue any advice for the non democracy side? You know, the ones in Ramallah or Gaza? The racist pay-for-slay blood cult?

The Israeli parliament parted ways with President Biden on Monday in taking its explosive vote to weaken Israel's Supreme Court, rebuffing weeks of pleas from the president not to do so without first building consensus..."It is unfortunate that the vote took place today," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in a gentle but unmistakable rebuke. "It happened with the slimmest possible majority."

Amid talk of possible compromise, US president says 'it doesn't make sense for Israeli leaders 'to rush this,' given range of threats and challenges country faces US President Joe Biden said Sunday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hardline coalition should not rush their 'divisive' bid to overhaul Israel's judiciary, given the numerous threats and challenges Israel faces, and should instead work to build broad consensus for legal reform. "From the perspective of Israel's friends in the United States, it looks like the current judicial reform is becoming more divisive, not less," Biden said in a statement to the...

What Does Biden Have Against Israel? The President treats the governing coalition in Jerusalem worse than he does Iran. ___ https://www.inn.co.il/news/607728 The Wall Street Journal: Biden's attitude towards Israel - worse than the attitude towards Iran INN, Nitzan Keidar, 25 in Tammuz 5783. 07/14/23. The "Wall Street Journal" newspaper devoted its editorial to criticism of the US president and wondered "What does Biden have against Israel?". The American newspaper Wall Street Journal dedicated its editorial today (Friday) to the harsh criticisms hurled this week by the American administration towards Israel and in its title asked "What does Biden have against...