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Biden’s remark ‘very disappointing,’ Jews now ‘hesitant’ to vote Democrat — Israel’s UN envoy
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
In perhaps the first reaction by an Israeli official to US President Joe Biden’s dramatic statement that Jerusalem must choose between US arms and a full Rafah offensive, UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan says it’s a “difficult and very disappointing remark.”
Speaking to Kan public radio, Erdan says: “Of course any pressure on Israel is interpreted by our enemies as something that gives them hope. There are many Jewish Americans who voted for the president and for the Democratic Party, and now they are hesitant.”
