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Peter Feaver: The Israeli Crisis is Testing Biden's Core Foreign-Policy Claim
['Ronald Brownstein']
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The initial reactions of Biden and Trump to the attack have produced exactly the kind of personal contrast Biden supporters want to project. Last night, in a rambling address in Florida, Trump praised the skill of Israel’s enemies, criticized Israel’s intelligence and defense capabilities, and complained that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had tried to claim credit for a U.S. operation that killed a top Iranian general while Trump was president. After Trump severely limited contact with the Palestinian Authority, Biden has restored some U.S. engagement, but the president hasn’t pushed Israel to engage in full-fledged peace negotiations, as did his two most recent Democratic predecessors, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.