Gaza war a central point in US presidential election
Mar 8, 2024 #aljazeeralivenews #aljazeeraenglish #israel
Biden’s focus on foreign policy — specifically the war in Gaza — in his State of
Mar 8, 2024 #aljazeeralivenews #aljazeeraenglish #israel
Biden’s focus on foreign policy — specifically the war in Gaza — in his State of the Union address shows how central the issue is becoming as the presidential election heats up, says Marc Owen Jones, an associate professor of Middle East studies and digital humanities at Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
“It’s also Biden trying to reaffirm fundamentally his support for Israel, first, and trying to assuage some of the criticism he’s getting from members of his own party about the US response to Gaza,” Owen Jones told Al Jazeera. “I think it shows this is going to be one of the most important points leading up to the election.”
Owen Jones said the way Biden framed the war by “adopting the Israeli line that everything they are doing, the genocide, the mass killings, is a response to October 7” sent a clear message that the US still stood firmly with Israel, despite its expressed frustration with the lack of aid getting into Gaza.
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