Biden’s ‘bear hug diplomacy’ in Israel risks stoking anger in Arab world

But Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle East security program at the Center for a New American Security, said it was important for the U.S. to stand by its ally after the horrific Hamas assaults.

“The leadership of Arab nations are looking at that close relationship,” Lord said, to see if “they themselves could enjoy that type of support from America and that feeling of reassurance if and when they ever face a crisis of this magnitude.”

Lord said the “odds were incredibly stacked against” Biden after he stepped into Israel because of the hospital bombing, but the president’s “superpower” is empathy, and he delivered that to the Israeli people.

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