In a recording that came from a closed meeting of one of American President Joe Biden’s top aides with American Arab leaders, he said that Biden admitted that his administration was wrong in its response to the war in Gaza, and that “he has no confidence that the Israeli government is ready to take significant steps towards the establishment of a Palestinian state.” This is what the New York Times newspaper reports tonight (between Friday and Saturday).
Blinken: “Israelis were dehumanized on October 7, but that does not give others a license to do so” // Credit: US Department of State
According to the report, the words were said after months of public and private statements by the Biden administration for Israel to “take a more surgical approach” in the war against Hamas in Gaza. Last Thursday, Biden even declared himself that Israel “exaggerated” in its response to the October 7 attack by Hamas.
John Finner, Biden’s senior aide who was heard in a recording obtained by the New York Times, expresses his regret for what he called “missteps” by the administration since the beginning of the war and pledged that the situation will improve from now on.
Pro-Palestinian protesters in New York call for a ceasefire, photo: EPA
The war in Gaza became part of the cascade of political problems for President Biden, who continued to support Israel throughout the fighting and resisted calls from within the Democratic Party for a ceasefire. Biden, who questioned the death toll as claimed by Hamas and called the loss of life in Gaza “the price of the war” managed to upset young, black and progressive voters.
Pro-Palestinian protesters began to appear frequently at the American president’s public appearances. Just last month, a rally on abortion rights in Virginia was repeatedly interrupted by the same protesters calling for a ceasefire.
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