The White House has begun to shift its rhetoric on Israel and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden has called Israel’s response “over the top.” Vice President Kamala Harris recently called for an “immediate cease-fire.” And Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer spoke on the Senate floor this week and called on Israel to hold new elections because its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had “lost his way.”
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Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Twitter: @RaviReports
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