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America's response to outbreaks of violence in the Middle East conflict has followed the same pattern for decades: U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton to Barack Obama pledged support for Israel, then urged restraint and eventually called for an end to the fighting as the death toll rose.
But President Biden faces a unique combination of factors that may constrain his approach to the war between Israel and Hamas—including the unprecedented scale of Hamas's attack, the threat of a regional war, a hostage crisis involving American citizens, and growing calls for de-escalation from progressive Democrats who have…