Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today Some senior Biden officials now say their policy on Israel's destruction of Gaza cost them sleepless nights. Their accounts matter only if they serve as a warning about America's failure to use its leverage over a renegade allyShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeDavid Issacharoff 09:28 PM • July 21 2026 IDTIn late October 2023, author Omar El Akkad posted a video of a Gaza neighborhood destroyed by Israeli bombardment, writing on X: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Haaretz Today NewsletterCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran2026 World CupResettle GazaIsrael ElectionsWest Bank settlers HemisphericHaQuizHaaretz PodcastBiden Officials Now Regret What They Let Israel Do in Gaza. Does It Matter?Herzog Says Shin Bet Warned Him of 'Internal and External' Threats to ElectionIsraeli Education Panel Bans University Officials From Political StatementsBen-Gvir Directs Israel Police to Use Ministry Emblem Ahead of October ElectionReport: Netanyahu Issued Rare Rebuke of Israeli Settlers Over West Bank ViolenceRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World CupThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote