"Support for Israel in the US has collapsed": former Biden administration official warns Israelis | Special interview
Phil Gordon, former national security adviser to Kamala Harris, warns in a special interview with Walla that support for Israel in the US has collapsed and the damage may be irreversible. He describes how the Biden-Netanyahu call on July 4, 2024 marked the deal's drift away, and blames new Israeli conditions, including control of the Philadelphi Corridor, for delaying the agreement by six months.
Phil Gordon, former national security adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris in the Biden administration, warns in a special interview with Walla that support for Israel in the United States has collapsed. According to him, the damage to relations may be irreversible, and it affects an entire generation of Americans. Gordon describes how the phone call between President Biden and Prime Minister Netanyahu on July 4, 2024 marked for him the moment he understood the hostage deal was slipping away. According to him, Netanyahu presented new conditions, including the demand to leave forces along the Philadelphi Corridor, a condition that then-Defense Minister Gallant also opposed. Gordon claims these conditions delayed the deal by six months, during which nearly 9,000 Palestinians were killed and additional Israeli hostages died. He warns that restricting arms sales has gone from a fringe position to a central position in the Democratic Party, and that the shift exists in both parties. According to him, repairing the relationship will require work from both sides and the scale of the challenge should not be underestimated.