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From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 7, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Trump: Hamas assault on Israel a ‘disgrace,’ US taxpayer dollars ‘helped fund these attacks’
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Former US president Donald Trump weighs in on the ongoing Hamas attack on Israel, calling them a “disgrace” and asserting that Israel “has every right to defend itself with overwhelming force.”
“Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden Administration,” he says, ostensibly blaming US policy on Iran for today’s attacks.
“We brought so much peace to the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, only to see Biden whittle it away at a far more rapid pace than anyone thought possible. Here we go again,” Trump says in a statement.
