According to US President Joe Biden, there is a “fundamental difference” between Israelis murdered in the Hamas attack and Palestinian civilians and Hamas militants killed in Tel Aviv’s counter-strike since the terrorist organization Hamas has engaged in barbarism “as consequential as the Holocaust.”
In an interview with CBS News 60 Minutes, Biden described Hamas as a “bunch of cowards” that hide behind civilians. He expressed confidence that Israel would do all possible to avoid the killing of innocent civilians.
When asked if a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas was possible, Biden responded, “Look, there’s a fundamental difference. Israel is pursuing a gang of people who committed cruelty on a scale comparable to the Holocaust. As a result, I believe Israel must respond.”
“They must go after Hamas.” Hamas is a scumbag organization. They’ve taken cover behind the bystanders. They established their headquarters in areas with civilians, buildings, and the like. But, to the extent that they can separate and avoid, I’m certain that the Israelis will do all in their power to avoid the slaughter of innocent civilians,” he told CBS News 60 Minutes.
Biden called Israel’s occupation of Gaza a “big mistake.” Asked whether he would support Israel’s move, Biden said, ” I think it’d be a big mistake. Look, what happened in Gaza, in my view, is Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the Palestinian people. And I think that it would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again. But, going in but taking out the extremists the Hezbollah is up north but Hamas down south.”
Biden noted that Jews have been subject to “abuse, prejudice and attempt to wipe them over a thousand years.” Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned that there is no direct evidence of Iran’s involvement in the specific Hamas attack on Israel, ABC News reported.
Regarding his support for Israel, Biden said, “The Jews have been subject to abuse, prejudice, and attempt to wipe them out for, oh, God, over a thousand years. For me, it’s about decency, respect, honour. it’s just simply wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It violates every religious principle I have and every way and every single principle my father taught me.”
Biden said that Hamas must be eliminated. However, he stressed that there needs to be a path called the “two-state solution.” Asked whether he believes Israel would support it, he said, “Not now, not now.” However, Biden said that he thinks Israel understands that a significant portion of Palestinian people do not share the views of Hamas and Hezbollah, CBS News reported.
In the CBS News 60 Minutes Interview, he said that there is no “clear evidence” regarding Iran’s involvement in the Hamas attack on Israel. Biden said, “Iran constantly supports Hamas and Hezbollah. I don’t mean that. But in terms of were they, did they have foreknowledge, did they help plan the attack. There’s no evidence of that at this point.”
On Sunday, Biden said the civilians in Palestine were suffering unnecessarily, claiming that a majority of them don’t have anything to do with terrorist group Hamas.
Biden posted from his official handle on X, “We must not lose sight of the fact that the overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas’s appalling attacks, and are suffering as a result of them.”
