Joe Biden Isn’t Rescuing Hostages — He’s Enabling War Crimes
Earlier this month, Joe Biden expressed his concern for the Israelis taken hostage in Gaza. But if he really cared about their safety, he wouldn’t be sending Israel weapons for its indiscriminate and criminal bombing campaign.
A Palestinian youth sits on the rubble of a home destroyed by an Israeli military strike on the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Octobers 15, 2023. (Mohammed Abed / AFP via Getty Images)
On Sunday, January 14, President Joe Biden gave a statement marking a hundred days since October 7. Nowhere in the statement did Biden mention Palestinians, including the 24,000 killed, 61,000 injured, 1.9 million displaced, or the 2.2 million at risk of famine as a result of Israel’s US-backed war in Gaza.
Instead, Biden dedicated it to the hostages. “No one should have to endure even one day of what they have gone through, much less a hundred. On this terrible day, I again reaffirm my pledge to all the hostages and their families — we are with you,” the president said.
Like that of John Fetterman and other supporters of Israel’s military offensive, it’s very difficult to read Biden’s concern for the hostages as genuine. A president who truly cared about the safety of hostages held in Gaza would presumably not let it be carpet-bombed. And Biden isn’t just tolerating Israel’s bombing campaign — he’s bending over backward to enable it.
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