House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday accused President Joe Biden of “carrying water for Hamas and Iran” after the White House announced he would veto the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which if signed into law would compel the United States to send defense weapons to Israel.

“President Biden has turned his back on Israel,” Johnson, R-La., said in a statement. “He has refused to enforce oil sanctions on Iran, allowed our ballistic missile sanctions there to expire, and done nothing about Iran’s dangerous nuclear buildup.”

The House is set to vote on the bill this week. It comes after Biden threatened to withhold shipments of certain weapons to Israel for use in an offensive in the Gaza city of Rafah against Hamas.

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