On the heels of his visit to Israel, President Joe Biden delivered an Oval Office address explaining the nation's role in the wars in Ukraine and Israel and appealed to Congress for a funding boost to ward off aggressions from Russian Dictator Vladmir Putin and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
While Biden met with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu this week, Putin met with China's President Xi Jinping as relations between Moscow and Beijing tighten. The $106 billion request will
Pres. Biden's wartime presence in Israel is a Masterclass on crisis leadership as well as faith in action. In providing $100 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians he demonstrated how to both shun evil and do good.
Two days after his return, the U.S. recovered two hostages who were taken away during the Oct. 7 start of the Israel-Hamas war.