The News Freedom
Chandigarh, October 16
In an interview, US President Joe Biden warned Israel not to reoccupy Gaza adding that Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the Palestinian people. “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 to…for Israel to occupy…Gaza again. We…but going in but taking out the extremists the Hezbollah is up north but Hamas down south. Is a necessary requirement,” US President Biden said in an interview to CBS.
Talking about possibility of U.S troops in combat in this new Middle East war, Biden told “60 Minutes” that he don’t think that’s necessary. “Israel has one of the finest fighting forces in the country. I guarantee we’re gonna provide them everything they need.
Replying to question about ceasefire, Biden said that there’s a fundamental difference. Israel is going after a group of people who have engaged in barbarism that is as consequential as the Holocaust. And– so I think Israel has to respond. They have to go after Hamas. Hamas is a bunch of cowards. They’re hiding behind the civilians. “They put their of their headquarters where civilians are and buildings and the like. But to the extent they can separate out and avoi—I’m conf– the Israelis are gonna do everything in their power to avoid the killing of innocent civilians,” he further said.
“I’m confident that Israel is going to act under the measure– the– the rules of war. There– there’s– standards that democratic institutions and countries w– go– go by. And so– I’m– I– I’m confident that there’s gonna be an ability for the innocents in Gaza to be able to have access to medicine and food and water,” Biden said.
The US President also said that the world’s at an inflection point. The world’s changing, but we have an opportunity to make it– so, imagine if we were able to succeed in getting the Middle East put in place where we have normalization of relations. I think we can do that. Imagine what happens if we, in fact, unite all of Europe and Putin is finally put down where he cannot cause the kind of trouble he’s been causing. We have enormous opportunities, enormous opportunities to make it a better world.