US President Joe Biden has suggested that Israel’s military response in Gaza has been “over the top” and said he is seeking a “sustained pause in the fighting” to help ailing Palestinian civilians.

“I’m of the view, as you know, that the conduct of the response in the Gaza Strip has been over the top,” Biden told reporters at the White House.

He added that he had been pushing for a deal to normalise Saudi Arabia-Israel relations, increased humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians and a temporary pause in fighting to allow the release of hostages taken by Hamas.

“I’m pushing very hard now to deal with this hostage ceasefire,” Biden said. “There are a lot of innocent people who are starving, a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying, and it’s gotta stop.”

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  • @Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    2210 months ago

    Good thing he wasn’t the president during WW2!

    He’d have told the nazis “hey, please cool it guys! You’re going a bit overboard!” and then sent them a lot of weapons and money on behalf of his owner donors.

    • @OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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      1610 months ago

      You know I’m starting to think this Hitler guy is not the valuable ally he seemed to be. Better wait a few months and try to nudge him in the right direction in the meantime.

    • @zerog_bandit@lemmy.world
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      -1410 months ago

      This doesn’t really work as a metaphor. Better example would be calling France manning the Maginot line against the Nazis as “over the top”.

      Of course, Hamas apologists can’t help themselves making Nazi comparisons. Really betrays their true intentions for Israel.