Pro-Israel Democrats slam Biden’s threat to stop arms transfers if Israel enters Rafah

Prominent pro-Israel Democrats criticize US President Joe Biden for threatening to halt the transfer of offensive weaponry to Israel if the IDF carries out an offensive in Rafah.

“Hard disagree and deeply disappointing,” says US Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.

Representative Ritchie Torres of New York told Axios he suspects Biden is “pandering to the far left.”

“It looks like election year politics was driving it. That’s my impression,” he adds. “I’d like the president to do right by Israel and recognize that the far left is not representative of the rest of the country.”

Torres also put out a statement on X slamming the move, saying the administration’s “mixed messaging makes a mockery of our credibility as an ally.”

“No one will take our word seriously,” he writes, noting the US president’s previous pledges of “ironclad” support for Israeli security.