Joe Biden
“Without an Israel, every Jew in the world’s security is less stable,” the U.S. president said. “It doesn’t mean that Jewish leadership doesn’t have to be more progressive than it is, but it does mean it has to exist.”
Asked about the call, Biden “joked as he walked out of the Roosevelt Room, ‘we didn’t talk about the storm,’” per the White House pool report.
U.S. President Joe Biden “praised President Herzog for visiting various communities in the western Negev to personally comfort the residents and asked him to extend his own words of comfort as well.”
Geert Wilders: Honoring the victims will only have value when Israel is fully supported in its existential struggle and Hamas and Hezbollah are destroyed.
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to plant a tree in honor of the victims at the vice presidential residence.
Former President Donald Trump said the Islamic Republic’s nuclear infrastructure is fair game.
“We’re working on a joint statement,” the U.S. president said. “There’s going to be some sanctions imposed on Iran.”
“Based on what we know now, the attack appears to have been defeated and ineffective,” the U.S. president said. “This is a testament to Israeli military capability and the U.S. military.”
He did so in light of a full-blown attack by Iran on Israel.
The U.S. president suggested he was opposed to Israel’s plans for “limited” ground operations against the Hezbollah terror organization.
Washington’s ultimate aim “is to de-escalate the ongoing conflicts in both Gaza and Lebanon through diplomatic means,” said the U.S. president.
“The United States fully supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, and any other Iranian-supported terrorist groups,” said the American president.
