The Week: Biden Presses Bibi on a Cease Fire

• The cease-fire Joe Biden really wants is in Michigan and Minnesota.

• In a reportedly tense conversation on Thursday, President Biden urged Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an “immediate cease-fire” with Hamas. According to a White House statement released following the call, Biden also “made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers.” Furthermore, “U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined” by the U.S. government’s “assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps.” For six months, Biden’s administration has funneled hard-power military aid to Israel while his political operation, in a bid to protect his left flank, has tut-tutted Israel as it tries to prosecute a defensive war against its terrorist enemies: an uninspiring policy that may be in the process of resolving into something worse.

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• The cease-fire Joe Biden really wants is in Michigan and Minnesota.

• In a reportedly tense conversation on Thursday, President Biden urged Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an “immediate cease-fire” with Hamas. According to a White House statement released following the call, Biden also “made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of specific, concrete, and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering, and the safety of aid workers.” Furthermore, “U.S. policy with respect to Gaza will be determined” by the U.S. government’s “assessment of Israel’s immediate action on these steps.” For six months, Biden’s administration has funneled hard-power military aid to Israel while his political operation, in a bid to protect his left flank, has tut-tutted Israel as it tries to prosecute a defensive war against its terrorist enemies: an uninspiring policy that may be in the process of resolving into something worse.