
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called out President Joe Biden’s “obscene” gesture in calling for a humanitarian “pause” in the Israel-Hamas war, in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is mounting a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Cruz, who is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accused the president of having “poured hundreds of millions of dollars toward Hamas, which then massacred 1,400 Israelis and dozens of Americans.” He noted Biden is “pressuring Israel to stand down so Hamas can regroup.” “He’s even pressuring Israel to send...