Obama says the war in Gaza is killing people 'who have nothing to do with what Hamas

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Former President Barack Obama said, "What's happening to Palestinians is unbearable."

The comment came in an interview with Pod Save America, an excerpt of which was published Saturday.

Obama also spoke about the "madness of antisemitism" and how "TikTok activism" harms discourse.

Hamas's October 7 killing spree in southern Israel was "horrific" and unjustifiable, but what is "also true is that the occupation and what's happening to Palestinians is unbearable," former President Barack Obama said in comments published Saturday.

The remarks come after Obama earlier warned that an Israeli ground operation in Gaza could "backfire," arguing that while Israel had the right to defend itself, any civilian death would increase support for extremism and harm the country's long-term security.

In his latest intervention, the former president argued for all sides of the debate over Israel and Palestine to acknowledge the "complexity" of the conflict and all parties' valid grievances.

"There is a history of the Jewish people that may be dismissed unless your grandparents or your great grandparents or your uncle or your aunt tell you stories about the madness of antisemitism," Obama said. "And what is true is that there are people right now who are dying who have nothing to do with what Hamas did."

The comments came in an interview with Pod Save America, a podcast hosted by several of Obama's former White House aides, an excerpt of which was published Saturday.

They are the latest indication of discomfort among current and former US officials with the mounting death toll from Israel's military operations in Gaza, which is nearing 10,000, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-says-war-gaza-killing-191740511.html

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So should Israel knock on every door and ask if they support Hamas?

Hamas uses "civilians"

Hamas want's a cease fire to regroup and attack again , just like they did in the past , tell them to release the hostages and stop firing rockets

Just don't hold your breath

These peaceful Palestinians ?

Note: not just Hamas but also from the west bank


 
Israel's bombing of a refugee camp could be a turning point. Even its closest allies

Israel's bombing of a refugee camp could be a turning point. Even its closest allies are expressing concern.

The world is already turning against Israel due to mass killing of Palestinians civilians?!!

Following Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, President Joe Biden pledged US support for Israel.

But US officials are increasingly concerned about Israel killing Palestinian civilians.

An IDF attack on a refugee camp this week, which killed dozens, caused alarm in Washington.

After the October 7 massacre, what else was there to say, as an American president, except that Israel — like any country on Earth — has the right to defend itself?

"And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel's back," President Joe Biden said while on a stop in the country, about 72 hours after 1,400 people there had been slaughtered, some tortured first, some burned alive. "These atrocities," Biden said, "have been sickening."

"And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel's back," President Joe Biden said while on a stop in the country, about 72 hours after 1,400 people there had been slaughtered, some tortured first, some burned alive. "These atrocities," Biden said, "have been sickening."

About a month later, more than 9,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are now dead, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, most killed by one of the 10,000 bombs that Israel has dropped in its campaign to eliminate the militant group. At least 72 United Nations aid workers have also been killed, most inside their own homes, already far more than in any previous conflict.

Israel insists that, unlike Hamas, it does not target innocent people. But there can be no doubt that it is killing them, even if the militant group it's after shares the blame for using civilians as shields. And what the Israel Defense Forces considers a tolerable amount of "collateral damage" is not necessarily shared by its own allies.

A strike this week on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, for example, killed a senior Hamas commander, according to the IDF; it also killed dozens of civilians, prompting a UN official to suggest that Israel's actions may be "disproportionate" and tantamount to "war crimes."

It was also "jarring" to Israel's most important ally, according to CNN, which cited two sources familiar with the reaction in the White House, and may well mark a turning point in terms of US support for Israel — from steadfast, in the immediate aftermath of Hamas's butchery, to hesitant in the wake of Israel's savage response.

Biden, in particular, "didn't like this at all," one person told CNN, referencing the attack on the refugee camp. The outlet noted that US officials have now repeatedly warned Israel, in private, that its killing of civilians, intended or not, is at the very least a strategic blunder that will leave the country isolated and endangered.

US concerns aren't just being expressed in private, though.

All along, even as it pledged weapons and moved its own military assets to the region, the Biden administration was publicly advising Israel to abide by international law, something you don't do if you think abiding by it is a given.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israels-bombing-refugee-camp-could-102301295.html
 
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