Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said Friday that the “current approach is not working” in Gaza, and he called to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the besieged strip and provide only defensive weapons to Israel going forward.
Kaine said he remains “deeply distressed” by the more than 33,000 Palestinians who have been killed as Israel fights against the militant group Hamas, along with the tens of thousands of displaced Israeli citizens in northern Israel and the roughly 100 Israeli hostages still believed to be held alive in Gaza.
The senator, who sits on both the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, stressed that “more needs to be done to protect innocent life” and get aid into Gaza, where the United Nations has warned of a potential famine in the north.
“The amount of aid allowed by Israel to enter Gaza has been painfully slow and dramatically inadequate,” Kaine said in a statement.
While he acknowledged Israel has opened a new border crossing for aid delivery, he said that “should have happened months ago” and the move “follows a similar pattern of lengthy delay” from Israel.
The comments from Kaine, a key ally of President Biden, represent a growing a shift toward a more critical tone among Democrats as there is mounting concern in the party about the war in Gaza, which began in October following a deadly Hamas attack in Israel that killed more than 1,100 people, with another roughly 250 kidnapped.
Those Democratic concerns rose this week after the Israeli military killed seven aid workers with the charity aid group World Central Kitchen (WCK) in a strike Israel said was a mistake.
As somebody who grew up in a staunch democratic household and family that voted democrat like 75% of jews for generations, it is shocking to see how quickly the left wing of the party has abandoned israel after the most gruesome massacre inside Israel since its founding
@BrightCentristNo Labels4wks4W
This is the same incredible sick trope used by the far right: that Israel and the Jews got the US to invade Iraq to benefit Israel. The Dem party and the far right are both equally antisemitic, and the only difference is that Jen Psaki and MSNBC give this sickness agency
you iddddiots keep insisting theta Israel asked for American troops, when they dont want them anywhere near the scene. its America meddling in Israel's policies,etc., and not the other way around
Israel has never asked for US troops on the ground. Ever in history. And they will do just fine. It's the Biden Admin's asinine Gaza pier which is seriously putting our soldiers in direct harm.
He's not wrong though, our troops should not be cannon fodder for a foreign nation
@QuokkaRodTranshumanist4wks4W
Mossad should also stop sharing regional intelligence with the United States, who relies on Israel for about 93% of this data.
I wouldn’t want any Israelis putting their life on the line to keep Americans safe.
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