Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) criticized the Biden administration for delaying deliveries of weapons to Israel amid the country’s war with the Hamas terrorist group, warning that such an “unprecedented” decision will harm American security interests and that the matter was being closely watched by allies and enemies alike.
On May 8, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revealed during a Senate hearing that the Biden administration delayed the delivery of some munitions to the Jewish state. Rafah, a city in southern Gaza, houses around 1.5 million Palestinians, and the Biden administration had expressed concerns that a large-scale military incursion in Rafah could lead to tens of thousands of civilian deaths. During a Senate Republican press conference on Thursday, multiple GOP lawmakers, including Mr. Risch, slammed President Joe Biden’s decision to hold off the supply of weapons to Israel….