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October 30, 2023An attempt by the U.S. President Joe Biden to link aid to Ukraine with support for Israel may lead to discontent even among Democratic voters.
“He has not made any effort to explain why the average American should care about Gaza or Ukraine. He said that if Putin is not stopped in Ukraine, he will move on to Poland. If someone doesn’t care about Ukraine, what does he care about Poland for?” noted Ashford.
Kroenig added that Biden had planned to dedicate a speech to Ukraine from the White House since the beginning of the conflict. He noted that the comparison made by the president between the post-Soviet republic and Israel was “truly absurd.” In his view, Biden’s voter base is unlikely to appreciate the attempt to link the Ukrainian conflict with the Middle East war.
“Ukraine still enjoys broad support among Democrats, but they are divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” concluded Kroenig.
In recent times, Western media increasingly report that the West is growing weary of the Ukrainian conflict, and support for President Zelensky’s regime is waning. The New York Times, for example, has highlighted Ukraine’s shortage not only of media attention but also of ammunition. While President Joe Biden has promised to support both Kyiv and Tel Aviv, Israel may eventually need the arms that Ukraine is currently running out of.
At the end of last week, Biden requested $14.3 billion from Congress for aid to Israel and over $60 billion for Ukraine. Following this, a group of Republican senators presented a bill that would allow sponsoring Tel Aviv but not helping Kyiv.