Biden gets cold shoulder from progressive "Squad" at State of the Union

Driving the news: Reps. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and several other pro-Palestinian progressives noticeably withheld their applause for Biden, even as the vast majority of their Democratic colleagues gave standing ovations.

• The three were wearing keffiyehs — black-and-white scarves that serve as symbols of support for Palestinian nationalism.
• Lee, Tlaib, Bush and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) declined to join several chants of "four more years" that most Democrats participated in.
• Biden's arrival at the Capitol was also delayed by pro-Palestinian protesters on Pennsylvania Avenue, the typical route from the White House.

The backdrop: Several progressives, including Bush and Omar, told Axios ahead of Biden's speech that they want to see him go much further on the Israel-Hamas war than he plans to in the speech.

• Biden is expected to announce plans to construct a makeshift port in Gaza to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid.
• But Bush, Omar and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said they want him to call for a permanent ceasefire, the resumption of funds to UNRWA and the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Zoom out: The war has created a growing schism within the Democratic Party that has caused political woes for Biden and many Democrats.

• Biden has struggled to mollify left-wing complaints that he is too supportive of Israel, prompting many Arab American and young voters to vote "uncommitted" in Democratic primaries in protest.
• Tlaib voted "uncommitted" in the Michigan primary. Omar said she did not vote in Minnesota's primary, while Bush declined to say whether she would vote for Biden in Missouri.