Jennifer Abdo’s Reviews > Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza > Status Update
Jennifer Abdo
is on page 176 of 368
"...The administration was strong-arming its own political partners to sustain an image of U.S.- Israel amity and so weakening itself relative to Netanyahu for the coming battle over the red line. Additionally, U.S. officials' involvement in the battle over campuses legitimized the actors and ideas that would later, under Trump, drive a crackdown on fundamental freedoms and universities' independence."
— Oct 24, 2026 10:25AM
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Jennifer’s Previous Updates
Jennifer Abdo
is on page 199 of 368
"Many knew they were being disingenuous. "Ultimately, Israel did not meet all of [Biden's] criteria, and we pretended as if they had done so," a senior U.S. official later told me. Separately, another senior official said the spirit of Biden's red line-no ground operation in Rafah and winding down, not escalating, the war-was indisputably violated. But the administration was committed to behaving otherwise."
— Oct 25, 2026 04:58PM