U.S. Politics
The U.S. president pressed Israel to act “consistent with international humanitarian law that prioritizes the protection of civilians, the White House said.
The terrorist group is “making a series of demands,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.
Gov. Doug Burgum says Biden’s failure to link Iran to Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre “is like mentioning the subsidiary” but not talking “about the parent company that’s providing all the funding.”
The U.S. Treasury Department “remains committed to enabling the flow of legitimate humanitarian assistance” while “continuing to deny resources to malicious actors,” it stated.
“That’s what war is. It’s brutal. It’s ugly. It’s messy,” said John Kirby, a National Security Council spokesman and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral.
The Pennsylvania senator met with survivors of the attack and families of those still held hostage.
Washington accused Moscow of operating in bad faith in a draft that didn’t recognize Israeli self-defense, and Russia and China demanded a ceasefire.
“Failing to condemn Hamas and not standing with our greatest ally, Israel, weakens the global fight against terrorism,” House Republicans stated.
Asked about more than 6,000 Palestinians whom the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry said Israel killed, the U.S. president said “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed.”
“Your commitment to Israel and its security was apparent to us from the moment we met,” wrote David Friedman, former U.S. ambassador to Israel, of Rep. Mike Johnson.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took issue with Tzachi Hanegbi’s comments, saying, “Qatar is the enemy itself.”
The White House press secretary, who began the daily press conference ostensibly to correct her pivot to Islamophobia the day before when asked about Jew-hatred, began discussing Muslims again.
