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Washington, Oct 28 (EFE).- Former Republican President Donald Trump (2017-2021) said this Saturday that the “weakness and incompetence” of the current US president, Democrat Joe Biden, caused the attack on Israel by of Hamas, which broke out on October 7 and left more than 1,400 dead.
Trump, who was in charge of closing a day of speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition held in Las Vegas, also criticized the aid fund of 100 million dollars in humanitarian assistance for Gaza and the occupied West Bank, in support of more than one million displaced by the conflict, which Biden announced last week.
“Immediately, Hamas received $100 million. They gave it to Gaza, but they will take 100% of it to (Hamas),” Trump noted.
At least 7,703 people have died and 18,967 have been injured by the bombings that Israel has carried out in Gaza since last October 7, when in a surprise raid on Israeli soil Hamas took the lives of 1,400 people. Another 229 were kidnapped and remain in the hands of the Islamist group.
The former president and current favorite in the candidacy in the Republican primaries for the 2024 presidential elections was not the only one to participate in this event, other candidates for the Republican primaries also spoke, who stressed their total support for Israel in its war against Hamas and They criticized the recent prisoner exchange between the United States and Iran.
Trump also said that if he returns to the White House in 2025 he will punish Hamas and other Middle Eastern countries that support them with sanctions and cancellations of visas for the United States.
However, in his half-hour speech, Trump did not mention the withdrawal from the Republican primary race of Mike Pence, who was his vice president during his four years in the White House.
Pence announced that he was retiring and that he will continue to “fight” for the Republicans to take over Washington in the next elections at the same event an hour before Trump took the stage in Las Vegas.
With Pence’s departure, Trump leaves behind one of his main enemies in this race.
And of those who remain, only Asa Hutchinson and Chris Christie – who barely have a chance – have been openly critical of Trump, his false accusations of electoral fraud and his role in the assault on the Capitol.
During this assault, on January 6, 2021, Pence, who that day was acting as president of the Senate by virtue of his position as vice president of the country, ignored Trump’s calls to obstruct the ratification of Democrat Joe Biden as president of the United States. USA after winning the elections.
Washington, Oct 28 (EFE).- The Republican primary candidates for the White House agreed today in attacking the President of the United States, Joe Biden, and the Democrats for allowing and even supporting anti-Semitic behavior and denounced that “hatred” to Israel is spread throughout the country’s universities.
All of them participated in the Republican Jewish Convention held in Las Vegas, in which they stressed their full support for Israel in its war against Hamas and criticized the equidistant positions in the conflict, as well as the recent exchange of prisoners between the United States and Iran. .
“President Biden should stop talking about containment and support Israel’s right to defend itself unconditionally,” said former President Mike Pence at the beginning of the speech in which he would later announce his withdrawal from the presidential race.
Pence said the United States is experiencing the “most explosive and dangerous displays of anti-Semitism in its history” and noted that people had never been seen “celebrating the mass murder of Jews.”
One of the toughest speeches was that of Tim Scott, who opted to reverse the policy of “weakness and withdrawal” practiced by Biden, whom he even accused of “rewarding terrorism.” And he lamented that “tons of money” are being sent to Iran, which has American “blood” on its hands.
The senator from South Carolina proposed stopping funding universities where anti-Semitism is practiced and directly attacked Democratic politicians of Muslim origin, such as Congresswoman Ilhan Omar or Rashida Tlaib, whom he accused of having proclaimed herself “Propaganda Minister of Hamas.” .
Republican primary candidate Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, spoke along the same lines, giving as an example an order to dissolve a pro-Palestinian group at state universities for its alleged support for the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas in Israel.
The order was issued this week and asked university centers to dissolve any section of the group National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), due to its “harmful support for terrorist groups.”
“I know campus leftism, I’ve been there, but even in my day I would never have seen that kind of activism where you really celebrate terrorists and are openly anti-Semitic,” DeSantis said.
Indian author, businessman and politician Vivek Ramaswamy criticized the government for the recent hostage exchange between Iran and the US and considered it “complete madness that the Biden administration has made a $6 billion ransom payment to Iran.” , which not only calls for the death of Israel, but also the death of the United States.”
This exchange occurred in September between Iran and the United States once the transfer of $6 billion of frozen Iranian funds to Qatar to be used for humanitarian purposes was completed. However, the United States and Qatar have blocked Iran’s access to this money.
“There is almost no doubt that the October 7 attacks on Israel were, at least to a small extent, in part the result of that disastrous move by this Biden administration,” he added.
For her part, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, also in the race to reach the White House, said she was glad that “many in both parties are supporting Israel right now” while attacking Biden.
“I’m glad that Joe Biden is saying some of the right things, but his actions have not always matched his words (…). Biden followed in (former President Barack) Obama’s footsteps by sympathizing with Iran and helping the number one enemy one from Israel. There would be no Hamas without Iran and there would be no assassinations without Iran giving the green light,” Haley said.
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