Hamas says Biden is Israel's 'partner in crime' against Palestinians

US President Joe Biden is an accomplice in the crimes of genocide being carried out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, a senior Hamas official has said.

Dec 24, 2023 - 12:48
Hamas says Biden is Israel's 'partner in crime' against Palestinians
Hamas says Biden is Israel's 'partner in crime' against Palestinians

On Saturday, Biden said he did not ask Netanyahu to end the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in a phone conversation between the two leaders . Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the political office of Hamas, speaking in Tehran at the International Conference in Support of Palestine, condemned Biden's remarks, which he said prove his involvement in the killings and destruction occurring in the besieged Gaza . Earlier, Netanyahu's office said he "expressed his gratitude" for the position taken by the United States in the United Nations Security Council, adding that he also "made it clear that Israel will continue the war until all its goals are achieved ." On Friday, the Security Council passed a resolution on Israel's attacks on Gaza and called for the rapid deployment of aid to the besieged region, but failed to call for an immediate ceasefire to stop the genocide taking place there . The US also opposed calls to create a UN aid monitoring mechanism, saying Israel would continue to be responsible for monitoring aid. Some participants in the International Conference in Support of Palestine, Tehran December 23 2023 Since the beginning of the war, the United States has given the regime more than 10,000 tons of military equipment. Washington has also vetoed all UN Security Council resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza . At the same time, Basem Naim, another high-ranking official from Hamas, is disappointed by the fact that the world has not taken any serious steps against Israel's crimes . He said that the brutal Israeli regime has given the Palestinians only two choices, either "leave" Gaza or "die," but the Palestinians have responded by saying "We will live in freedom or we will die defending our country." Speaking in Tehran at the Conference to Support Palestine, he added that it is clear to everyone that the main goal of the genocide carried out by the cruel Israeli army is to expel the Palestinians from their land .