A tension at the heart of U.S. Mideast policy appeared this week to approach its snapping point. With two contradictory sentiments, in a strained coexistence.
The Biden administration staunchly backs Israel’s war effort; but now criticizes Israel’s war cabinet. It supports ousting Hamas, but distrusts those ousting it, questioning their long-term motives.
That tension was thrust into its fullest display in U.S. President Joe Biden’s speech Tuesday, where he offered both messages simultaneously.
He castigated far-right members of the Israeli cabinet, but at the same time vowed to keep defending Israel, which is exactly what American diplomats were doing that very moment in a debate at
