Jake Sullivan, former National Security Advisor under President Joe Biden, has expressed support for withholding weapons from Israel amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza and the collapse of ceasefire negotiations. Sullivan indicated that the Biden administration had been grappling with Israel being attacked from multiple fronts throughout 2024, but the current situation has shifted. He advised Democratic lawmakers that voting against arms exports to Israel is justified given the circumstances. Concurrently, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) criticized Israel's recent strikes in Damascus, Syria, describing them as destabilizing. They called on Israel to cease hostilities to allow progress made by Syrian parties and the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey to continue. These developments highlight growing concerns within U.S. political circles regarding the military actions of Israel in the region and the appropriate level of American support.