Pro-Israel Democrat Blasts Netanyahu’s Recent Comments: ‘Hamas is Emboldened’

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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), an outspoke staunch supporter of Israel since October 7th, put Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on blast Wednesday for his recent criticism of President Joe Biden.

Torres shared a clip Netanyahu posted to X blasting the Biden administration and accusing the U.S. of delaying weapons shipments. “I told Secretary Blinken it’s inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel,” Netanyahu said in the clip, which reportedly sparked fury inside the Biden administration.

Torres commented on the clip, saying, “If you are looking to undermine the bipartisanship of the US-Israel relationship, then release a public video attacking the Biden Administration, which, despite hysterical opposition from the far left, has held firm in support of Israel for eight months and counting.” Torres added:

Disagreements should be had in private. Hamas is emboldened by even the appearance of a ruptured relationship.
I call out my own country, the US, when it fails to keep its differences with Israel private. I will do the same to Israel when it fails to keep its differences with the US private.

I have been consistent in calling out both sides, whether people like it or not.

No good will ever come from the airing of dirty laundry from either side of the relationship. In the present conflict, the only beneficiary of a ruptured relationship is Hamas.

CNN reported on Wednesday that US envoy Amos Hochstein told Netanyahu “in a meeting on Tuesday in Israel that his public comments this week that the US is ‘withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel’ were ‘unproductive’ and ‘more importantly, completely untrue.’” Netanyahu has been under fierce scrutiny inside Israel since the October 7th attack, which happened on his watch, and has increasingly claimed that U.S. limitations are why Hamas has yet to be defeated.

I call out my own country, the US, when it fails to keep its differences with Israel private. I will do the same to Israel when it fails to keep its differences with the US private.

I have been consistent in calling out both sides, whether people like it or not.

No good…

— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) June 19, 2024

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