President Biden released a statement on Sunday marking 100 days since the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel and the launching of Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza that made no mention of the nearly 24,000 Palestinians that have been killed.
The statement instead focused on the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza. “Today, we mark a devastating and tragic milestone—100 days of captivity for the more than 100 innocent people, including as many as 6 Americans, who are still held being hostage by Hamas in Gaza,” Biden said.
Biden said he has been working “non-stop” to secure the freedom of the Israeli hostages. His support for Israel’s campaign has involved political support and unconditional military aid, including shipments of bombs, artillery shells, and tank ammunition.
The statement concluded: “No one should have to endure even one day of what they have gone through, much less 100. On this terrible day, I again reaffirm my pledge to all the hostages and their families—we are with you. We will never stop working to bring Americans home.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a similar statement that also did not mention the slaughtered Palestinians. Both Biden and Blinken came under sharp criticism for ignoring the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza.
“100 days and not a single mention of the nearly 24,000 killed – 1/2 of which are children. Shame on those who remain complicit and not call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,” the Palestinian Mission to the UN wrote on X.
Biden is also facing more internal dissent over the statement. Akbar Shahid Ahmed, a reporter for HuffPost, said a State Department official told him: “It’s harder day by day to justify working for this cruel and almost bloodthirsty administration.”
According to Al Jazeera, the latest numbers from Palestinian authorities puts the number of dead Palestinians at 24,100, including over 9,600 children. President Biden previously cast doubt on the numbers coming from Gaza’s Health Ministry, but his State Department later acknowledged that the true death toll is likely higher than the figures they’re releasing.
“…almost bloodthirsty”?
What a cynical, clueless, worthless butthole.
And I voted for him. The mother of all mistakes I have made. Do not call him clueless. He knows. You bet your bippy he knows, unless, like other grotesque leaders he tells his subordinates to feed him only good news.
He knows. That is to say, precisely in so far as he knows anything. He just couldn’t care less. Subconsciously (again to the extent that is still functionally discernable from his conscious state) they’re just brown people, not actual human beings therefore, so why waste precious time on acknowledging their politically inconsequential existence, and what are their lives worth anyway? I mean expressed in number of votes or campaign dollars?
When it comes to voting, it seems if all of us haven’t regretted a vote at least a couple times, then it ain’t democracy.
I looked forward to Obama and Trudeau (voted for neither) and both turned out to be quarter-ass efforts (1/2 of half-ass, naturally). I thought Trump a better option than Clinton and, while I was in-part correct (unless the Donald had a pending espionage indictment awaiting him), turns out The Donald just made a National Park out of the DC Swamp and did NOTHING towards making the USA noninterventionalist.
A poster on here called America the United States of Atrocities i could not think of a better title if i tried , every one should use this when commenting on America until it is in daily use by every one .
As a companion name, this for the American citizens: United States of Amnesia (I did not originate this. Gore Vidal is the author).
Don’t we miss him?
His legacy lives on in Vidal-Sassoon hair products.
If only Israeli lives matter to Joe, maybe he can rely exclusively on them to with the 2024 election.
The only thing that matters to Joe is money. He’s really a simple soul, … and gets simpler daily.
Duh-Biden has improved his election chances by appearing forceful,and possibly gaining strength among Christian Zionists. No one respects the weak.
They don’t respect trash. Biden is a bully.
Disgusting POS…
Biden ignored Palestinian deaths in Gaza after Hamas ignored Palestinian deaths in Gaza.
And you ignore the hand of the Israeli Apache helicopters and the tanks that killed a good many of Israelis in the operation known as the Hannibal Directive. (actually, you comment makes no sense)
These likudniks don’t know that many of us can read Hebrew and are well aware of what the Israeli press is reporting.
Don is quite rational-Hamas started a war with a mass atrocity,full well knowing it would provoke a massive response against Hamas and those who shelter it.
FYI the Zionists started the war, and the US is funding most of it. Joe Biden is a mass-killer, he does like wars and the profits.
Jake, do you know the Hamas militia are the children of the Palestinian people who were driven out of Israel by Zionist terrorists. They and there ancestors have been treated brutally for decades by the Zionist Israelis. They hate the Israelis for the torture generations of their families had to suffer. That is why they hate the Israelis, for what they did to them.
Of course, Hamas knew what Israel’s response would be. Everyone did. And that response made Hamas look amateurish,
mass atrocity wise. And that was cute how you added “those who shelter it”. That must have meant the thousands of women and children that Israel has killed indiscriminately. Again, you really are a sick little turd.
First you call Hamas rational. “rational-Hamas”, your own word.
And second, no quicker way to torpedo your credibility than to suggest Donald is “rational” (if that was your actual implication).
On a good day, Donald can’t type his own name without including unrelated, unsupported assertions with no basis in reality.
So you’re saying Biden takes his cues from Hamas? How many drinks in were you when you made this moronic comment?
This years Democratic Party Convention could be held in a phone booth.
RPC too
“Today, we mark a devastating and tragic milestone—100 days of captivity for the more than 100 innocent people, including as many as 6 Americans, who are still held being hostage by Hamas in Gaza,” Biden said.
Biden continued. “I fully support the IDF as it kills as many people as necessary, including more than 100 innocent hostages and as many as 6 Americans, if that eliminates Hamas and all Gaza Palestinians to make the Israeli government happy.”
Hamas is playing games with the hostages,teasing and taunting. If they were all to be released,immediately and in decent condition,that might give Israel some pause.
Did you read the article posted about Palestinians being led to believe that flour was being delivered so some came out to collect it on the streets, and instead an Israeli tank came along to shoot many innocent people?. That seems to be playing deadly games by the IDF.
I’ve read many article on both sides claiming all kinds or f cked up sh!t. But, are they all true though?
Israel likes to muddy the waters with propaganda and lies, because they know what they’re doing is pretty sick and evil.
This interview of the son of a general in the IDF, Miko Peled, is an eye opener. From Scheerpost: https://scheerpost.com/2024/01/15/the-idfs-war-crimes-are-a-perfect-reflection-of-israeli-society/
He makes the point that Israel is a KreigStadt, an atavism, just as the USA has become. The Lords of the Earth have no national allegiance, but control these states as mega goon squads to preserve and enhance their pile.
Russia and Ukraine at war,China and North Korea saber rattling-to speak of a garrison stated.Israel was forced to become a garrison state by its neighbors.
Yeah, like the story of the 40 beheaded babies that turned out to be not true. You just don’t know what to believe now days.
But Don does believe the 40 babies story.
That Palestinian children have to be amputated without anesthetic he will deny.
A Canadian doctor who did 6 amputations the night before reported it and it was mentioned by the SA before the ICJ.
Not in MSM as far as I know.
Europe and the U.S. did not allow the South African presentation at the ICJ last week, but they showed the entire Israeli presentation. The censorship is appalling, but it sure helps me know which side to be on.
Al Jazeera reported all of it, both sides. If you want to get real news that is the place to go too. Their journalists and families pay with their lives for reporting it.
Donald would believe 40 babies crawled out of their incubators, caught an El Al red-eye to Moscow, and personally blockaded President Putin’s home and office for 72 hours.
Whatever fits his circus-clown worldview. Facts & evidence need not apply.
His claim of “I’ve read many article…” is in the “I have this girlfriend, she’s from Canada, you don’t know her” category. If he read 1/10th the articles on antiwar.com, he’d be 20x smarter 99% of the time.
Well said, I totally agree.
“You just don’t know what to believe now days.”
It is often easier to know what not to believe.
i just assume the opposite of what the media and government tells us is the truth.
… and shoot them dead.
“might” and “pause” are the only realistic words you used in that entire reply.
Everything else is wishful fantasy I don’t think even YOU believe. I’d guess you’d love the hostages released ONLY so the IDF can intensify their genocidal killing spree and you can sleep better knowing ~100 “valuable actual-humans” are safe.
Not satirical? With his dementia anything is possible.
Soulless hypocrite .
Consider that many bodies are probably still buried under rubble and the death toll is much much higher.
But their lives are considered expendable.
That image is ghastly.
expendable by Hamas
Stop trying to deflect and distract from the fact that you seem to be ok with this massacre
Biden and Blinken are pathetic…!
The Biden administration is a complete failure as far as foreign policy is concerned, from Afghanistan, to Ukraine, to Palestine, to Iraq, to Syria, to Taiwan, etc. etc.
He has been a warmonger all his political life.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-foreign-policy-failure
He has nothing to show domestically either. He is a big fat zero as a human being.
People all over the world have known the ugly truth that
some lives are more important and worth much more than others. Some people are never considered victims at all Or are victims of their own devices. The Countless deaths of Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Yemenis, Somalians, Libyans, Syrians, sudanese, and many other in Africa ,Asia, central and South America are treated with contempt and lack of empathy by western Politicians such Biden and such deaths are necessary outcomes to liberate them from terroristic control , dictatorial overlords and uplift them from life in the dark ages. The western elites and politicians always have the best of intentions for the downtrodden people all over the world.
I can’t wait until the day that this old motherfucker evacuates his bowels. I will send condolences to only those who have to clean up his shit.
That’s….something.
I know, a bit disgusting. That’s just because I couldn’t think of something more disgusting. That’s all he is worth.
Lol
Their perversity knows no bounds … what are karma and justice and Nemesis reserving for these people?
Let us hope & pray.
Maybe they go to hell, if there is such a thing.
Compare JFK’s speech weeks before his assassination. After decades in government Biden has nothing to show even close to that speech. He has yet to make a meaningful speech.