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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called out other countries for not demanding Hamas surrender.

“What is striking to me is that even as, again, we hear many countries urging the end to this conflict, which we would all like to see, I hear virtually no one saying – demanding of Hamas that it stop hiding behind civilians, that it lay down its arms, that it surrender. This is over tomorrow if Hamas does that. This would have been over a month ago, six weeks ago, if Hamas had done that,” Blinken said during a press briefing at the State Department Wednesday.

“How can it be that there are no demands made of the aggressor and only demands made of the victim,” Blinken went on to say.

The strong comments from Blinken come as the United Nations Security Council continues to negotiate a resolution calling for a suspension in fighting and encouraging more humanitarian aid into the beleaguered Gaza Strip, and as the United States’ support for the resolution remains unresolved.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A vote on the resolution was pushed for a third time this week as countries work to bring the US – one of the five permanent members on the council with the power to sink a deal with a veto – on board.

The delay underscored the Biden administration’s hesitancy to sign onto a resolution that could be interpreted as a rebuke of Israel’s continuing military campaign against Hamas in Gaza.

The US has vetoed previous measures at the UNSC and voted against a call for a ceasefire in the larger UN General Assembly earlier this month.

But the mounting civilian death toll in Gaza from Israel’s response has prompted top US officials, including President Joe Biden, to urge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take more meaningful steps to protect innocent lives while waging his war against Hamas.

The secretary acknowledged “the last couple of months have been gut-wrenching when you see the suffering of men, women, and especially children in Gaza,” and the administration, he said, has focused on “doing everything possible to minimize the harm to those who are caught in a crossfire of Hamas’ making.”

CNN’s Becky Anderson, Michael Williams, Kevin Liptak and Jennifer Deaton contributed to this report.


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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to guess that America and genocide Joe have lost any moral authority they had because they cower to Israel.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

We're not cowering, Israel is a Christian project ultimately.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Even the Nazis surrendered when it became obvious they couldn't win and the suffering of their people became great.

Meanwhile Hamas: 'Some of you Palestinians may die but it's a sacrifice Hamas is willing to make'.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

entire Arab League and many other countries/leaders are only interested in Palestinians being Israel's problem. They don't care for peace, human rights or any of that. It's just a stick to beat/delegitimize Israel with.

They all know a cease-fire is temporary at best, until Hamas regains confidence.

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