US President Joe Biden considers an Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip to be “a big mistake” and said on the television show “60 Minutes” that Hamas does not represent all Palestinians. The Washington Post reports on this and anticipates the content of an interview with the US President that will be broadcast soon.
“I think it would be a big mistake,” Biden said in response to a question from journalist Scott Pelley on CBS. “Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas do not represent the entire Palestinian people,” said the US president. Biden reiterates that Hamas must be completely eliminated, but there must also be a path to a Palestinian state. However, the president says he does not believe Israel will pursue that path at this time. “But I believe that” the Jewish state “understands that a significant part of the Palestinian people does not share the opinion of Hamas and Hezbollah,” the American president added to “60 Minutes.”
American President Joe Biden has condemned the murder of the six-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death near Chicago, denouncing this “terrible act of hate” which, according to US police, is linked to the war between Israel and Hamas stands. The child suffered 26 stab wounds and died in hospital. The 32-year-old mother is expected to survive, according to a statement from the Will County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, which called the attack “heinous.” In a statement, Biden confirmed that the woman was the boy’s mother and said her “Palestinian Muslim family came to America seeking what we all seek: a refuge to live, learn, and live in peace.” pray. This terrible act of hate has no place in America and contradicts our core values: the freedom to pray without fear, the freedom to believe and the freedom to be,” the American president added.
Asked whether the time has come for a ceasefire in the Middle East, US President Joe Biden says there is a “fundamental difference” between the Israelis killed in the Hamas attack and the Palestinians killed in the Israeli counterattack. The Jewish state “is hunting a group of people who committed barbarism as grave as the Holocaust,” Biden explains. “And that’s why I think Israel has to respond. They must attack Hamas. Hamas is a bunch of cowards. They hide behind the civilian population.” They set up their headquarters where there are civilians, buildings and the like. But I am sure that the Israelis will do everything in their power to avoid killing innocent civilians.”
US President Joe Biden reiterated that there is “no clear evidence” of Iran’s involvement in the Hamas attack on Israel, confirming statements made by US officials last week. In an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Biden explains: “Iran consistently supports Hamas and Hezbollah, but there is no evidence at this time whether they had prior knowledge or helped plan the attack.”
US and Israeli officials, meanwhile, are discussing the possibility of an upcoming visit by US President Joe Biden to Israel at the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Portal writes on its website, citing a source familiar with the matter. The American news site Axios also writes, citing three Israeli and US officials, that Israel and the US are discussing a possible visit by the US President to Israel “at the end of the week”. For its part, the White House simply emphasizes that it has no announcements to make about new trips by the president, reports the Times of Israel.