Furious Republicans accuse Biden of caving to anti-Israel protesters as 'Squad' Dems claim victory on Rafah

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President Biden's menace to halt violative weapons shipments to Israel is prompting a question of backlash among the House GOP, arsenic progressive Democrats instrumentality a triumph thigh to observe the move.

Republican lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital accused Biden of caving to unit brought connected by wide anti-Israel demonstrations crossed the U.S. Leftists, meanwhile, praised pupil activists protesting connected college campuses, and encouraged them to support going adjacent arsenic tensions astatine immoderate of these events person already erupted successful struggle betwixt constabulary and protesters.

"First it was utilizing Hoosier taxation dollars to cancel pupil loans, present he's bowing to the demands of Little Gazas connected Ivy League campuses," Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital. "It's precise wide Biden cares much astir blue-haired sex studies majors than helium does farmers, constabulary officers, truckers, oregon the millions of different Americans who enactment hard to marque our state great."

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A three-way divided  representation  of Rep. Mike Waltz, President Biden, and Rep. Ilhan Omar

Republicans similar Rep. Mike Waltz are accusing President Biden of caving to the near connected Israel arsenic progressives similar Rep. Ilhan Omar instrumentality a triumph lap. (Getty Images)

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., suggested to Fox News Digital that the president was motivated by threats to his re-election bid from the progressive left.

"Joe Biden is putting his fearfulness of a 100 1000 progressives successful Michigan up of the information of the U.S. and Israel. This is authorities astatine its worst and sends a disgraceful connection to our allies," Waltz said.

Biden's announcement besides caught vigor from House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, who called it a "dangerous mistake."

"This shortsighted determination volition telephone into question U.S. reliability astir the world," helium said successful a connection shared with Fox News Digital by the committee.

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Banks during House hearing

Rep. Jim Banks said Biden was acquiescing to unit from the assemblage field protests crossed the country. ( Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

And the No. 4 House Republican, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said: "Joe Biden is prioritizing appeasing the pro-Hamas basal of the Democrat Party implicit returning American and Israeli hostages and supporting Israel's close to exist."

On the different broadside of the aisle, members of the far-left "Squad" suggested Biden's harsher stance connected Israel was owed successful portion to the field protests.

"This is what young radical crossed the state were protesting for and yet the needle has moved successful a important way. I anticipation we spot much progress, but don’t ever fto radical archer you that your voices are meaningless and your actions are worthless. The arc of what is imaginable is ever wrong america to bend," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., wrote connected X, formerly Twitter, on with a information of Biden's CNN interrogation informing Israel not to invade Rafah.

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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)

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., said connected X, "We person to support lasting for what is right. Organizing is working. Protesting is working."

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The assemblage protests present person garnered bipartisan disapproval from virtually each Republicans and a important fig of Democrats, but progressives person continued to amusement beardown enactment for the students and different activists connected campus.

Comments by Omar, for example, referring to immoderate Jewish students arsenic "pro-genocide," person earned her a GOP-led censure resolution, filed by Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., connected Tuesday. She made the remarks during a caller sojourn to Columbia University's anti-Israel encampment.

Elizabeth Elkind is simply a authorities newsman for Fox News Digital starring sum of the House of Representatives. Previous integer bylines seen astatine Daily Mail and CBS News.

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