Former President Trump Takes a Strong Stand on Israel as Hamas Launches Deadly Assault

Former President Donald Trump unleashed a fiery attack on Hamas and President Joe Biden at his presidential rallies in Iowa on Saturday, as the Gaza militant group launched its biggest assault on Israel in years. Trump said that the Israeli attacks needed to be crushed and avenged, and vowed to cut off the money to Palestinian terrorists if he returns to the White House. He also accused Biden of being a weak and ineffective leader who made the US look bad on the world stage. “The terror invasion of Israeli territory and the murder of Israeli soldiers and citizens is an act of savagery that must be, and will be, crushed and avenged,” Trump said in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “As president, I will once again stand with Israel and we will cut off the money to Palestinian terrorists on day one,” he told the cheering crowds. He repeated his criticism of Biden at another rally in Waterloo, Iowa, saying that the Democrat had emboldened the terrorists by restoring aid to the Palestinians that he had cut