Biden: I have been working to ‘significantly’ get Israel out of Gaza – By Tovah Lazaroff (Jerusalem Post) / Jan 8, 2024
Biden’s speech was interrupted by several angry protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
The White House has been pushing Israel to massively reduce its military presence in Gaza, US President Joe Biden said on Monday as Secretary of State Antony Blinken was schedule to visit Tel Aviv on Tuesday to meet with top official about the transition to a low intensity campaign in the enclave.
“I have been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them [to] reduce and significantly get out of Gaza,” Biden said, in what has been one of his clearest statements to date expressing his desire for the Gaza war to end.He spoke after several protesters calling “ceasefire now” interrupted his remarks at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, where avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof gunned down nine Black parishioners in 2015.
He spoke after several protesters calling “ceasefire now” interrupted his remarks at the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, where avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof gunned down nine Black parishioners in 2015.
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