US President Joe Biden and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrive to hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 25, 2023. “I continue to be alarmed about extremist settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank ― pouring gasoline on fire is what it’s like,” Biden said in opening remarks at a joint Rose Garden news conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “They’re attacking Palestinians in places that they’re entitled to be and it has to stop. “Hamas does not represent ― we say it again, Hamas does not represent ― the vast majority of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip or anywhere else,” Biden said. “Hamas is hiding behind Palestinian civilians, and it’s despicable and, not surprisingly, cowardly as well.

Source: Huffington Post October 26, 2023 01:23 UTC