President Joe Biden traveled to Tel Aviv on Wednesday in a high-stakes show of support following terrorist attacks by Hamas, even as Democratic divisions over Israel spilled into view and threatened to split the party as it gears up for the 2024 elections.
The divide was illustrated by an exchange in the aftermath of a blast at a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota who has long been critical of Israel, called bombing a hospital a war crime. “The [Israeli Defense Forces] reportedly blowing up one of the few places the injured and wounded can seek medical treatment and shelter during a war is horrific,” she posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., responded by noting that Hamas “intentionally murdered 1,300 Israelis and took 200 hostages because they are Jewish.” She told Omar: “You have been training your outrage on the wrong party. We do know that Hamas’ hatred is the catalyst.”
