Biden's threat to withhold weapons from Israel shows he 'favors a Hamas victory,' Republicans argue

Republican senators connected Capitol Hill accused President Biden connected Thursday of favoring a "Hamas triumph implicit Israel" and being a "propaganda tool" for the Palestinian violent radical aft helium vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if it follows done with an penetration of Rafah. 

Biden, during an interrogation with CNN released Wednesday, said "Civilians person been killed successful Gaza arsenic a effect of those bombs" and that he has made wide to Israel "if they spell into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that person been utilized historically to woody with Rafah, to woody with the cities — that woody with that problem." 

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Thursday during a quality league that "Hamas’ leaders and its past 4 battalions are holed up successful Rafah" and that "Israel has to decision Hamas successful Rafah to win." 

"Hamas wins if it survives successful Rafah. And Joe Biden has threatened to withhold weapons from Israel for warring successful Rafah," Cotton continued. "Therefore, Joe Biden objectively favors a Hamas triumph implicit Israel. It's conscionable that simple. 

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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., blasted President Biden connected Thursday for his comments astir withholding weapons to Israel. (Fox News)

"The president is lone emboldening Hamas," Cotton continued. "Why would Hamas merchandise hostages erstwhile Joe Biden volition springiness Hamas precisely what it wants: endurance without releasing hostages?" 

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, called Biden a "tool" for his comments. 

"He is simply a tool. In this case, he's a propaganda tool. But Hamas is utilizing him and helium is allowing it and helium is turning his backmost connected Israel," she said. 

Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, besides described the unfolding concern arsenic "not adjuvant to the nationalist information of the United States." 

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Displaced Palestinians get successful cardinal Gaza aft fleeing from the confederate Gaza metropolis of Rafah connected Thursday, May 9. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

"Congress passed funding, the medication allowed these weapons sales. Myself and the different 3 members of Congress who intimately look astatine these income and instrumentality that work seriously, each signed disconnected connected it," helium said. "And present successful the heat of battle, this medication is saying we're going to propulsion this back. This is unprecedented. It's going to beryllium watched by our enemies. It's going to beryllium watched by our allies." 

The quality league was organized by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who wrote connected X that helium wanted to sermon "a solution that condemns immoderate enactment by the Biden medication to withhold oregon restrict weapons for Israel." 

The White House did not instantly respond Thursday to a petition for remark from Fox News Digital. 

Smoke rises pursuing an Israeli airstrike connected buildings adjacent the separating partition betwixt Egypt and Rafah successful the confederate Gaza Strip connected Tuesday, May 7. (AP/Ramez Habboub)

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"This is each astir President Biden and [Secretary of Defense] Lloyd Austin trying to instrumentality implicit the warfare from Israel," Graham said Thursday. "I got 1 connection for Israel: Don't fto them bash it."