President Joe Biden is facing criticism for a vague post on X about the Israel-Hamas war.
On Tuesday evening, Biden wrote, āHamas unleashed a terrorist attack because they fear nothing more than Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace. To continue down the path of terror, violence, killing, and war is to give Hamas what they seek.ā
āWe canāt do that,ā he insisted.
The post comes as the cease-fire in the conflict, which was agreed upon to facilitate the release of hostages from the Gaza Strip, was set to expire on Wednesday.
Some users on X fretted Biden was urging Israel to cease its operations in Gaza.
National Reviewās Noah Rothman wrote, āBiden caves.ā
āItās always a mistake to take lefty sloganeering like this too seriously, but Biden is saying here that Israel wiping out Hamas in Gaza is exactly what Hamas wants,ā conservative political consult Noah Pollack said.
He added, āThis is a deeply moronic and insane thing to say.ā
Liberal commentator Wajahat Ali claimed it was a sign Biden was aligning with public opinion as he wrote, āDemocrats finally seeing the polls.ā
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote, āIt took Biden only a few weeks after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust to turn on Israel and compare Israelās actions to terror.ā
Republican communicator Matt Whitlock posted, āBiden now publicly attacking Israel for defending themselves from the barbaric terrorists who just killed 1200 Israelis and kidnapped hundreds more. Shameful cowering to the worst, most toxic lunatics in his party.ā
Still, others simply expressed confusion about what the actual message is.
The Bulwarkās Charlie Sykes wrote, āThis post seems to have satisfied no one, while confusing pretty much everyone.ā
āThis is a weird, unclear tweet. The part about not giving Hamas a war, aka permanent ceasefire instead, is a big problem,ā asserted Townhallās Katie Pavlich.
Fox Newsā Lawrence Jones asked, āWhat does this even mean???ā
The unclear post comes nearly two months after Hamas carried out its Oct. 7 massacre, killing āaround 1,200ā people, according to Israeli officials. Another estimated 240 people were taken hostage.