The president of the United States, Joe Biden, visited Israel this Wednesday to meet with the country’s authorities, having decided to go ahead with this trip after the massacre in a Gaza hospital, for which he denies responsibility Israel. Not only that, but Biden has supported Israel’s accusations that the attack It was the work of “the other party”“In addition, he assured that “Hamas’ atrocities make ISIS look like rational people.”

“Based on what I have seen it seems that it was the other side, but there are many people out there who are not sure so we have a lot ahead of us,” said the president at the beginning of his meeting with the Israeli prime minister. Benjamin Netanyahu. The American president has stated that the reason why he wanted to be in Israel this Wednesday is because he wants “people in the world know who the US stands next to“.

Biden has recalled the visits of the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to Israel in recent days, but has stressed that he wanted to be “personally” and make it clear that “the Hamas terrorist group has massacredas has been pointed out, about 1,300 people, and it is not hyperbolic to say massacred, massacred, including 31 Americans, they have dozens of people kidnapped, including minors.”

The president has highlighted that “Hamas has committed atrocities that make ISIS (Islamic State) seem more rational” and that the group that controls Gaza does not represent the Palestinians. “Americans are grieving with you, truly, and They are worried because This is not an easy situation to navigate, they have to do it.

The fact is that Israel, when it comes to responding to these attacks, it seems to me that we have to continue to ensure they have what they need to defend themselves“, the president has stressed. Furthermore, the president has indicated that the world is watching and that Israel has “values” like those of the US and other democracies.

Netanyahu thanks “unprecedented support”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked the president for his visit and stated that this shows “his deep commitment to Israel, to the future of the Jewish people and to the Jewish State“. The Israeli president has also expressed his gratitude for Biden’s statements of support in the conflict against the Islamist group Hamas and has highlighted that “just as the civilized world united to defeat the Nazis and joined together to defeat the Islamic State, should join together to defeat Hamas“.

“I want to thank you for coming here today and for the unequivocal support you have given to Israel during these difficult times, support that reflects the overwhelming will of the American people,” Netanyahu added, during a joint statement with Biden, in which he described that the cooperation between both countries since the beginning of the war “It’s unprecedented.” Furthermore, he pointed out that this is the first visit by an American president to the country in times of war and remarked that “for the people of Israel, there is only one thing better than having a true friend on Israel’s side, and that is having him.” In Israel”.

The prime minister has also appreciated that Washington has provided Israel “the tools you need to defend yourself” and that he has “sent a clear message” to his enemies. “Thank you, Mr. President, for being on Israel’s side, today, tomorrow and always,” Netanyahu concluded.

Quadripartite meeting canceled

Biden has decided to continue with his trip to Israel, despite last night’s bombing of the Al Ahli hospital in Gaza. According to Palestinian health sources, at least 500 people died in a bombing in the health center that Palestinian groups attribute to Israeli aviation. The president has chosen not to travel to Jordan, as initially planned, after the Arab leaders to cancel quadrilateral summit in Jordanto which the Jordanian King Abdullah II, the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah al Sisi, were also going to attend.

For security reasons, Biden’s visit to Israel is expected to last only a few hours and he will leave the area this Wednesday. Since the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel, which began on October 7 and caused at least 1,400 Israeli deaths, the US and Biden himself have once again reiterated the “unbreakable” commitment of the North American country to the Israeli State and its right to defend itself. “With Israel having responded to those attacks, it seems that you have to ensure that You have what it takes to defend yourselves and we are going to make sure that happens“Biden assured Netanyahu.