Palestinian Hamas and the Russian president Vladimir Putin They want to ‘destroy’ democracies, he said Joe Biden Thursday in a speech to the nation, in which he announced that he will ask the American congress to finance help to Israel and Ukraine.

America will be safer ”for generations‘If it helps these two countries at war, the US president insisted in an unusual speech from the Oval Office of the White House.

“Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they have something in common: they both want to completely destroy a neighboring democracy“Added the 80-year-old Democrat, who has just returned from Tel Aviv, where he assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States supports his country.

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“De Verenigde Staten zijn een baken voor de wereld. Still. Still, “he assured.

With this speech to the nation, Joe Biden, a candidate for re -election, wants to his Republican rivals, but also the electorate, tired of the war in Ukraine, convincing the need for a help package for Kiev and Israel.

“Small politics”

By linking the Israeli defense to that of Ukraine, he hopes to reach the consensus that he has so far lacked in the congress about the financing of supplementary military aid to Kiev.

It is also an opportunity to distinguish itself from a Republican party that is upside down for some Republican Congressmen had close ties with the former president. Donald Trump They caused the resignation of the chairman of the Lower House, without having succeeded in imposing one of their own successors so far.

“. We kunnen en zullen niet toestaan ​​dat terroristen als Hamas en tirannen als Poetin winnen. “Ik weiger dat te laten gebeuren”, zei Biden, ervan overtuigd dat zijn land de bewaker van de vrijheid blijft.

“A lighthouse” for the world

“”Biden insisted.

According to a source close to the negotiations, the White House wants to ask the Congress for $ 100 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the immigration crisis on the border with Mexico.

Volodimir Zelenskiwho thanked him for the “vital support” of the United States.

Republicans doubt the desirability of raising military aid to Ukraine, but are the first to demand mass support for Israel and more determination in the field of immigration issues and with regard to China.

Biden, who could meet Trump again at the presidential elections of November 2024, knows that time is going on: if the congress does not approve an annual budget, the United States will fall into budget paralysis on November 17. (JO)