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As the war between Hamas and Israel continues, President Joe Biden is set to visit Israel on Wednesday following an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday. 

\\u201cI think it\\u2019s important for any American president to show support for, and solidarity with, Israel in its darkest hour. I mean, this is the darkest day in Israeli history,\\u201d Nathan Sales, former ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department, said prior to Biden\\u2019s trip being confirmed. \\u201cIn the 75 years that the state of Israel has existed, we\\u2019ve never seen bloodshed and violence like this.\\u201d

\\u201cIn fact, it\\u2019s the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust,\\u201d said Sales, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. \\u201cThink about that. America needs to stand by our ally, our closest ally in the region and the only democracy in the region.\\u201d 

Politico reported Sunday that Biden could travel to the war-torn country \\u201cas early as this week.\\u201d 

\\u201cI think what I would like to hear from President Biden when he goes to Israel is \\u2018We\\u2019re going to change course on Iran. We are going to not just go after the tentacles of the octopus, the terrorist groups in Lebanon, the terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip,\'\\u201d Sales said, continuing to cite what he thinks the president should say:

\\u201cWe\\u2019re going to go after the head, the masters of this entire strategy. We\\u2019re going to hold them accountable as well. We\\u2019re going to deprive them of the resources that they\\u2019re investing in terror proxies to kill Jews. Oh, and by the way, to kill 30 Americans as well.\\u201d

Will he actually say that? I\\u2019m not going to hold my breath.

Sales joins today\\u2019s episode of \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to discuss how the U.S. can help Israel as the war continues, Iran\\u2019s history of supporting Hamas, and his thoughts on Biden\\u2019s comments during an interview with CBS that aired on Sunday night.

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