THE WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN WAS
NOT THE FIRST SUCH INCIDENT.
IT MUST BE THE LAST.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE WITH A
SHORT WHILE AGO WITH PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU.
THE LEADERS DISCUSSED THE
SITUATION IN GAZA.
THE PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THAT
THE STRIKES ON HUMANITARIAN
WORKERS AND THE OVERALL
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION ARE
UNACCEPTABLE.
HE MADE CLEAR THE NEED FOR
ISRAEL TO ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF
SPECIFIC, CONCRETE, AND
MEASURABLE STEPS TO ADDRESS
CIVILIAN HARM, HUMANITARIAN
SUFFERING, AND THE SAFETY OF AID
WORKERS.
HE MADE CLEAR THAT U.S. POLICY
WITH RESPECT TO GAZA WILL BE
DETERMINED BY OUR ASSESSMENT OF
ISRAEL’S IMMEDIATE ACTION ON
THESE STEPS.
HE UNDERSCORED AS WELL THAT AN
IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE IS
ESSENTIAL TO STABILIZE AND
IMPROVE THE HUMANITARIAN
SITUATION AND PROTECT INNOCENT
CIVILIANS AND HE URGED PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU TO EMPOWER
HIS NEGOTIATORS TO CONCLUDE A
DEAL WITHOUT DELAY TO BRING THE
HOSTAGES HOME.
THE TWO LEADERS ALSO DISCUSSED
PUBLIC IRANIAN THREATS AGAINST
ISRAEL AND THE ISRAELI PEOPLE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN REAFFIRMED THE
UNITED STATES’ STRONG SUPPORT
FOR ISRAEL IN THE FACE OF THESE
THREATS AND OUR COMMITMENT TO
ISRAEL’S SECURITY.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO HIGHER
PRIORITY IN GAZA THAN PROTECTING
CIVILIANS, SURGING HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE, AND ENSURING THE