Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) sent U.S. President Joe Biden a letter advocating “our strong support for Israel’s right to self-defense amid the intensifying attacks that Israel faces from Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks in Israel, “Hezbollah alone has launched over 5,820 rocket, missile and drone attacks into northern Israel that have killed 33 Israelis and forced more than 60,000 Israelis to uproot their lives and flee their homes,” they wrote.
The legislators called on the Biden administration to “unequivocally support Israel’s right to defend itself against Hezbollah’s attacks, and to provide in a timely manner the support necessary to restore peace and security.”
Stefanik criticized Biden and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, saying they had “completely failed to stand with our most precious ally Israel.” She urged the United States to defend Israel’s right to protect its borders.
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s failure to support the only democracy in the Middle East undermines America’s national security interests and has emboldened the violent Iranian regime,” she said.
