Hamas attacks on Israel had echoes of Nazi massacres, says Antony Blinken
At press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, US secretary of state says America will always be by Israel’s side
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has said the attacks by Hamas on Israel on Saturday had “harrowing echoes” of Nazi massacres, as he stood alongside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in Jerusalem in an act of public solidarity.
Blinken, who is Jewish, vowed that the US would stand for ever alongside Israel, and said he would use his tour of the region to urge all parties, especially Hezbollah, not to broaden the conflict or open a second front.
Meanwhile, Syria said the runways at its airports in Damascus and Aleppo had been bombed by the Israeli air force, the first time Israel has hit Syria since Saturday’s attacks.
At a press conference in Tel Aviv, Blinken told Israelis: “You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself. But as long as America exists, you will never, ever have to. We will always be there by your side.”
He said at least 25 Americans were killed in the Hamas attacks and he promised there was overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress to supply Israel with whatever weaponry it needed.
Insisting this must be a moment for moral clarity, Blinken said Palestinians had legitimate aspirations but they were not represented by Hamas. He is due to meet the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank on Friday.
Moral clarity? To quote Jimmy Dore, HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
...no amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party...So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin.
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