This is the test for Biden: Howard Kurtz
‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz tells ‘The Story’ that President Biden is in a ‘challenge’ diplomatically over the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip and strong U.S. support for Israel in the war.
Now comes the hard part for President Biden.
After declaring with great emotion and empathy that America stands by Israel against the “unadulterated evil” of “bloodthirsty” Hamas – a stance that has won bipartisan praise, including from the head of the Republican Jewish Coalition – Biden now faces a diplomatic and messaging challenge many times more difficult, by an order of magnitude.
That’s because he has to restrain Bibi Netanyahu, with whom he’s had a rough relationship in the past.
In a Sunday interview with “60 Minutes,” which showed Biden finally understands he has to be on television and actively seen leading in this global crisis, the president said: “Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the…