'No excuses': Biden calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza
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The US President made the remarks during a meeting Italy's Prime Minister.

The US will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip.

Speaking in the Oval Office, Biden said the US would be “pulling out every stop” to get additional aid into Gaza, which has been under heavy bombardment by Israel since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.

“Aid flowing to Gaza is nowhere nearly enough,” the US President said, noting “hundreds of trucks” should be entering the enclave.

Biden said the US is “going to insist that Israel facilitate more trucks and more routes to get more and more people the help they need, no excuses”.

He also noted the efforts to broker a deal to free the hostages and secure an “immediate ceasefire” that would allow additional aid in.

  • FenrirIII@lemmy.worldEnglish
    799·
    9 months ago

    Pretty sure the government has been trying to talk Israel down since things got way out of scope in November. But Bibi wants blood.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
      673·
      9 months ago

      Bibi is now Hitler Lite in my opinion. The number of deaths aren’t quite there or the level of cruelty, but the intent and mindset is exactly the same and he could easily get to that cruelty and deathcount if not stopped.

      • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        502·
        9 months ago

        I don’t think there are enough Palestinians on the planet to hit the body count of the holocaust… but that doesn’t mean that Israel’s actions are a lesser evil. Genocide is genocide

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
          61·
          9 months ago

          Yeah which is why they said the scale is different. They’re talking about the mindset because let’s face it, Israel wants to turn Gaza into Lebensraum. They’ve been pretty clear about that.

    • ___@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      9 months ago

      Don’t call him Bibi. He deserves no cute nicknames which downplay these atrocities.

    • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1713·
      9 months ago

      Pretty sure the government has been trying to talk Israel down since things got way out of scope in November.

      Wrong, government backed israel and provided them military aid and weapons.

    • Nudding@lemmy.worldEnglish
      75·
      9 months ago

      What world do you live in lol. They had Bidens support since 1970. Pelosi too. They were completely on board until like yesterday, due to pressure from the voter base.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      1017·
      9 months ago

      Talking him down while sending more weapons in violation of US law?