The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) said Tuesday that it is "deeply troubled" by the Biden administration's pressure campaign on Israel to commit to a two-state solution.
RJC national chair, former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, and Chief Executive Officer Matt Brooks released a statement calling the Biden administration's efforts to push for a Palestinian state while Hamas still holds hostages "misguided."
"We are deeply troubled by the Biden administration's growing pressure on Israel to commit to the creation of a Palestinian state," the RJC leaders said.
"Genuine solidarity" should come with situational awareness of what Israel is up against, including the fact that not one Palestinian leadership group has condemned the Hamas terrorists for setting off the war with their slaughter of 1,200 Israelis — mostly citizens — on Oct. 7, they wrote.
"In these circumstances, Israelis across the political spectrum are united behind the objectives of eradicating Hamas as a threat to Israel and securing the return of all the hostages," the RJC wrote. "Until those objectives are accomplished, pressuring the Jewish state to make irreversible and potentially perilous long-term diplomatic commitments is a grave failure to live up to America's proud history of standing with Israel against its deadly enemies."
The State Department last week said there is "no way" to ensure security for Israel "without the establishment of a Palestinian state." In the same breath, the State Department said its support for Israel "remains ironclad."
"Israel has proven its willingness to make peace over and over again," the RJC wrote. "The Palestinians, very much including the Palestinian Authority, have repeatedly rejected efforts to make peace. The Biden administration's diplomatic efforts will fail if they are based on a denial of that history and a refusal to admit the catastrophic failings of today's Palestinian leadership.
"The Biden administration is wrong to assume that Jewish Americans support its pressure on Israel. We urge members of Congress to use all the tools at their disposal to push back against the Biden administration's misguided efforts and prevent the nightmare scenario of a terrorist state on Israel's borders," the RJC concluded.