Positions on aid did not diverge sharply along party lines, though Republicans were slightly more supportive.
The Israel-US relationship is too important for national security to be used for political advantage.
If one were to judge by Wednesday’s headlines of a speech Biden gave a day earlier at a campaign event hosted by a former president of AIPAC, one might very well think so.
Biden, speaking at a White House reception for the Jewish Hanukkah festival, recalled his decades-long relationship with Netanyahu.
The government needs to stop playing politics and instead outline a vision for the day after in Gaza.
The Israeli government balances intense military operations in Gaza with internal political challenges and strong support from the United States.
A senior American official said that the Biden administration intends to give Israel time to find a solution to the problem.
Democrats said the Republican bill would be dead on arrival in the Senate, even if it passed the House.
Oval Office addresses are rare and signify major crises.
It’s not every day that the president of the United States flies to Israel during a war to demonstrate his support for the Jewish state.