Crisis in Gaza ‘breaking our coalition,’ Jayapal warns as pressure on Biden grows

The worse the humanitarian crisis in Gaza gets, the harder it will be to repair relations among Democrats, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) has warned.

The House Democrat’s message comes as the United States is sending a new round of bombs to Israel in its military campaign to defeat Hamas, according to NBC News. President Joe Biden has demanded the need for a ceasefire in Gaza in order for more aid to reach Palestinians, but the president’s critics see his military support of Israel as directly contradicting those declarations.

“This particular issue on Gaza is breaking our coalition,” Jayapal told CNN’s Manu Raju. “We need that fragile coalition to come back together, but this is a moral issue for people. So there’s not a lot of time to fix it. The worse it gets in
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