President Biden apologized to some prominent Muslim-American leaders for publicly questioning the Palestinian death toll being reported by the Hamas-controlled Gaza Ministry of Health, a new report says.
Biden huddled with five Muslim American leaders the day after his Oct. 25 comments about reported Gaza deaths roiled the Islamic community, vowing to “do better.”
During the meeting, which was initially planned for 30 minutes but lasted more than twice as long, Biden heard the leaders describe individuals they knew who were personally affected by the conflict.
“I’m sorry. I’m disappointed in myself,” Biden told the group, the Washington Post reported.
A day before, during a press conference, the president openly questioned the accuracy of the casualty figures from Gaza, given Hamas’ terror track record.
“I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed,” Biden said.
“I’m sure innocents have been killed, and it’s a price of waging war,” he added.
More than 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including many women and children, have been killed in the conflict, according to data from the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health.
Israel has suffered more than 1,200 fatalities — mostly also civilians, who were killed when the terror group launched a sneak attack on Israel on Oct. 7, according to the Jewish state.
The Muslim-American leaders who met with Biden urged him to show more empathy to the Palestinians. Biden reportedly hugged one of the participants at the end of the meeting.
Biden has affirmed US support for Israel following the bloody Oct. 7 attack.
But he also has increasingly pushed for a pause in the fighting to allow humanitarian aid to flow into the beleaguered Gaza Strip and for hostages to get released.
“For weeks, I’ve been advocating to pause the fighting for two purposes: to increase the assistance getting into the Gaza civilians who need help and to facilitate [the] release of hostages,” Biden said Sunday.
“We know that innocent children in Gaza are suffering greatly as well,” the president said.
This is worse than when Obama bowed down to the Saudis
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ReplyDeleteDropped by the Hollywood UTA but maybe picked up by the Satmar UTA
Funny that Hamas never mentions how many terrorists have been killed. Or when the JI rocket hit the hospital car park and Hamas immediately knew there were 500 fatalities, when the hospital was actually untouched.
ReplyDeleteYou know how sometimes your small child will come to you and demand something and be really annoying until you agree? Sounds like that's what happened here.
ReplyDeleteSure, Mohammed, no problem. Sorry for mentioning that I have doubts about a terrorist organization's claim. Won't happen again. Go away now.