Biden’s Rafah warning is turning point in US-Israel relations and a belated — but inevitable rupture — with Netanyahu
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Biden’s Rafah warning is turning point in US-Israel relations and a belated — but inevitable rupture — with Netanyahu

US-Israel relations have reached a critical crossroads that shows that even President Joe Biden’s staunch support can reach its limits when it starts to conflict with wider American national security and moral interests — and his own dicey political position. Biden’s warning in a CNN interview that he’d halt some weapons shipments to Israel if it invades the Gazan city of Rafah marks the most direct US attempt to rein in its ally in a national security crisis since the Reagan administration...