Biden’s Rafah red line was months in the making

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President Joe Biden‘s threat this week to cut off the U.S. supply of offensive weapons to Israel has been months in the making.

Biden was quick to come to Israel’s support on Oct. 7, after Hamas carried out an unprecedented terrorist attack in the southern part of the country that left more than 1,200 people dead. But Israel’s military response to the rampage has threatened its relationship with the United States.

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