Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump’s running mate, delivered a speech before Israel’s parliament on Sunday in which she criticized President Joe Biden’s approach to the war in Gaza.
\nStefanik, the fourth highest-ranked Republican in the House of Representatives, is the latest of several US politicians from both sides of the aisle to visit Israel since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack ignited the war in Gaza. But it’s rare for such visitors to address Israel’s parliament, known as the Knesset.
\nSpeaking at a session dedicated to combatting antisemitism worldwide, Stefanik vowed to help with \u201ccrushing antisemitism at home and providing Israel what it needs when it needs it, without conditions.\u201d
\nShe was referring to Biden’s decision to hold up the delivery of some 3,500 bombs of up to 2,000 pounds each, and his refusal to provide offensive weapons for a long-promised Israeli invasion of the southern city of Rafah. The administration fears such an operation would plunge Gaza into an even more severe humanitarian catastrophe.
\n\u201cThere is no excuse for an American president to block aid to Israel that was duly passed by the Congress, and there was no excuse to ease sanctions on Iran,\u201d she said.
\nStefanik, a representative from upstate New York and a strong supporter of Trump, is believed to be on the short list of his possible running mates.
\nIn December, she grilled university presidents at a five-hour congressional hearing about antisemitism on campus. Two of the university presidents, from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania, resigned soon after.
\n\u201cTotal victory is not just physical self-defense, but ideological self-defense,\u201d Stefanik said during the session, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s frequent claim that Israel must achieve \u201ctotal victory\u201d in the war against Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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