Joe Biden’s CNN Interview: The President’s Warning To Israel On Rafah Makes Headlines, While He Tries To Upstage Donald Trump On The Economy

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Joe Biden sat for an interview with a mainstream, national news outlet, — a not-too-common occurrence. And while the clear intent in his chat with CNN‘s Erin Burnett was to show a contrast with Donald Trump on the economy, the headline was what the president said about Israel. “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah — they haven’t gone into Rafah yet — but if they go into Rafah , I am not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, that deal with the cities, that deal with that problem,” Biden said. “We’re going to continue to make sure Israel is secure in terms of Iron Dome and their ability to respond to attacks… but it’s just wrong.

We are not going to supply the weapons and artillery shells that have been used” by the Israelis. Biden’s comments come amid protests across the United States over Israel’s bombing of Gaza, a movement that has divided Democrats.

Biden has continued to pledge support to Israel and has condemned the rise of anti-semitism on college campuses. But he told Burnett that after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not “make the same mistake we made in America” after 9/11.

Biden said that he told Netanyahu, “We will help you focus on getting the bad guys, but then we got to think through what is happening after Gaza, after this is over.