Joe Biden says he is working to achieve a sustained pause in fighting in Palestinian territory
Here is a video of the US president Joe Biden’s speech in which he said Israel’s offensive on Gaza has been “over the top”. It is his sharpest criticism yet of Tel Aviv’s conduct during the war.
As Joe Biden took questions on the special counsel’s report investigating his possession of classified documents, he said: “There are a lot of innocent people who are starving, a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying.”
There are two irrefutable facts. It’s critical. The only organisation that has the infrastructure and personnel to provide assistance into a region which is experiencing a devastating humanitarian crisis in the midst of this conflict.
The second is that serious allegations have been made. I note that UNWRA itself, when these allegations were made public, described them as serious allegations against UNWRA staff, itself said that they would be terminating contracts and launching an investigation.
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