The current and former US presidents clashed briefly but explosively on Israel in a debate that raises questions about Biden’s age and fitness for office.
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“I am willing to absorb personal attacks if that is what it takes for Israel to get the arms and ammunition it needs,” said Netanyahu.
“Contrary to allegations against Israel made by the International Court of Justice, what’s happening is not genocide.”
“Calling something a genocide, again and again, does not make it genocide. Repeating a lie does not make it true.”
“This is obscene. It is absurd,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). “Give Israel what they need to fight the war they can’t afford to lose.”
“It doesn’t surprise anybody to hear that God happened to be right about the best outcome here,” says former US ambassador David Friedman.
The senior officials declined to say if or how Israel should respond to the aggression but said Washington would not participate in any strike against the Islamic Republic.
“If we don’t see changes from their side, there’ll have to be changes from our side,” White House advisor John Kirby said.
The US president addressed relatives of American hostages held by Hamas sitting in the Congress chamber, pledging that “we will not rest until we bring their loved ones home.”
Israel has gathered “thousands of testimonies from eyewitnesses” of the Oct. 7 terror attacks and recorded “countless instances of rape, gang rape, sexual mutilation and other forms of sexual violence,” per the resolution.
