US President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their military campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza.

“What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House.

I can’t tell if he’s pandering or trying to lose the election

  • capital@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Genocide shouldn’t be a “we don’t actually mean literal genocide but you know what we mean” type of thing.

    What is with the desire to dilute words? If you mean something else, use a different fucking word.