After five months of doubling down with Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, the Biden administration now finds itself walking in two directions. On the one hand, it continues to supply U.S. bombs that fall indiscriminately on both northern and southern Gaza. At the same time, it air drops food parcels for the hungry. While President Biden now acknowledges that the Israeli response to the October 7 massacre is “over the top,” last weekend he reaffirmed his unconditional support of Israel, declaring: “I am never going to leave Israel.”
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