During a Monday night festival to honor Israeli American Heritage Month at the White House, President Joe Biden claimed the administration does not see the incidents of Palestinians in Gaza as a holocaust.  ,
The government’s remarks come after he criticized the International Criminal Court‘s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials, including his defence captain, Benjamin Netanyahu, and three Hamas officials over alleged war crimes.  ,
There is no similarity between Israel and Hamas, despite what these subpoenas does imply. It’s obvious that Israel wants to do all it can to ensure civil safety”, Biden said. ” Let me be clear: Contrary to the claims made against Israel by the International Court of Justice, what is happening is no murder. We reject that”.
The ICC announced earlier Monday it was pursuing permits for the detention of Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as the following top Hamas officials: Yahya Sinwar, the mind of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammed Deif, the head of the defense, and Ismail Haniyeh, the mind of its social commission.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan added that the administration does not condone Israel’s actions in Gaza.  ,
We do n’t think the events in Gaza are a genocide, say we. We have consistently refrained from accepting that assertion,” Sullivan told reporters at the White House last Monday.
The conflict between Hamas and Israel has led to a number of dividing lines within the Democratic Party. Left-leaning liberals have condemned Israel’s retaliation and have called for an immediate ceasefire, while most Republicans and some more centrist Democrats are supporting Israel’s actions in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.  ,  ,
Biden, appearing alongside Doug Emhoff, the Jewish husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, reiterated the White House’s push to address the rise of antisemitism. The Anti- Defamation League issued a report earlier this year that included nearly 3, 300 antisemitic instances in the final three months of last year, including 56 physical assaults, 554 incidents of vandalism, 1, 347 examples of verbal or written harassment, and 1, 307 rallies on college campuses that involved antisemitic rhetoric.
No one should be afraid of entering a synagogue, attending a school, or walking down the street while wearing a symbol of their faith. That’s wrong, simply wrong”, Biden said. ” That’s why long before Oct. 7,  , I launched the nation’s first national strategy to counter antisemitism, mobilizing the full force of the federal government to crack down on antisemitism wherever we find it”.
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In addition to acknowledging Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the hostages still being held in Gaza, in the crowd, Biden acknowledged Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin as their parents. Hass recently made a video of the American hostage held by an Israeli as proof of life.  ,
” Their love, strength, and compassion inspire the entire world. I pledge to both of you, and I mean it — I know you know, Mom— I will not rest until I bring your loved one home”, Biden said. ” We have got to bring them home”.
