Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) called President Joe Biden’s planned trip to Israel a significant and “historical” moment amid the country’s war with Hamas.
The South Dakota Republican told Hannity that the idea of Biden traveling to the Jewish state made her nervous.
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“Makes me nervous every time the president gets out of bed what he will do. Wednesday is a big day — not just for the United States, but also for Israel,” Noem said of Biden’s trip. “What he says when he gets to that holy ground with God’s chosen people, and where he stands, and what he does as the president of the United States is going to be historical.”
“Boy, he better be on the right side of history,” she added.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the president’s visit Monday night. The trip will come ten days after Hamas first attacked Israel. Since then, the conflict has put world leaders on high alert for a possible escalation driven by Iran and Hezbollah.
“The president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with Israel and our ironclad commitment to its security,” Blinken told reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.
Noem criticized the Biden administration’s response to the Israeli conflict.
“Like the Iron Dome gives protection for the land of Israel, our White House, our administration, the United States of America should be the covering for Israel right now,” she said. “We should be out there giving them air cover on all of this.”
“Our president should be strongly advocating for Israel to do whatever they need to do to wipe out,” Noem continued. “Not just Hamas, but if Hezbollah takes a step, if they move an inch, they deserve to be destroyed as well. That’s the kind of action that we need right now. We are not getting it out of the White House.”
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The president is expected to also travel to Amman, where he will meet with the king of Jordan, in addition to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Biden’s trip comes as Iran threatens to launch “preemptive action,” perhaps through Hezbollah, its terrorist proxy entrenched on Israel’s border with Lebanon, to constrain Israel’s plan to target Hamas.
