President Donald Trump’s “fear factor” reignited the path toward peace between Israel and Hamas, while President Joe Biden’s administration was forcing Israel to “fight with one hand behind their back,” Asaf Romirowsky, executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, told Newsmax on Sunday.
“We saw that with the conditioning of military aid at the beginning of the war,” Romirowsky told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America Weekend.” “[They were] trying to level the playing field, not understanding the fact that Israel is fighting a genocidal war with the Hamas jihadi organization.”
He said that approach undermined Israel’s ability to defend itself.
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