Israeli offensive on Rafah: Biden administration changes tone

US President Joe Biden has spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to ensure the safety of civilians in any ground assault on Rafah.

Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Washington, DC.

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[WinterWarlock]

So, Biden is going from "slightly concerned" behind the scenes to "mildly irked" behind the scenes. Huh. Let me know when he 'escalates' to "almost slightly irritated".

[MiSt]

Shame on the US for not only allowing this to happen but facilitating it. As a person from Poland I support Palestine!

[steveaga]

If 30, 000 innocent deaths is the result of successfully protecting the civilians, then I would hate to see what failure looks like

[thinkingtoomuch]

"Victory" against women, children, old people, babies, cats and dogs. Wow! What a "victory"!

[azzyfreeman]

It's not a victory for humanity, we are going backward, I never imagined we would be seeing this

[yungnordic]

Have a look at Biden's top 10 campaign funders then you will understand why he will never be more than mildly concerned about Israel's actions

[ropssmith]

109 people were killed in Rafah by you Israel in just 1 hour.😡

[whothecapfits]

So many women and children died in just a short time...what a legacy😢

[ao]

urging Israel to ensure the safety of civilians is like talking to a rock 😂

[jcolwill]

Imagine arming Hitler whilst asking him to ensure the safety of Auschwitz inmates.

[elephantintheroom]

In other words, Netanyahu is going to proceed exactly as the IDF has proceeded to date; with disastrous consequences upon the Palestinian people.

[wahibnuur]

Biden- "If you go into Rafah we wouldn't support it." Netanyahu-" Would you still give us Military aid and diplomatic cover in the UN?". Biden-" Well yes obviously. I don't believe an American president should ever under any circumstances condition AID and support of any kind that Israel ask for. I however would be very upset" .Netanayhu-" Well cool. I don't mine if you're upset once you give us every think we ask for. Well then I proceeding with my assault of Rafah!!!!"

[KenYeo]

I thought ICJ ordered Israel to stop genocidal acts. However, the world is once again fooled and confused about this final act of genocide 😢

[mesCheerios]

i am not israeli, i am not american i am not Palestinian or even arabian. But i seriously don't know how to feel less than hatred for these evil people. I just can't comprehend it.

[TheRockyritz]

This is so heart breaking.
Ya Allah please help 🤲😭😭😭😭😭😭
Can't even see the pain of my brothers and sisters in philistine

[graham]

So business as usual. Jo makes grunting noise and BiBi goes on killing babies.

[mariapadilla]

It was never about freeing the hostages, it was never about Hamas, it was always only about expanding the occupied territories and thus about ethnic cleansing and genocide. Israel has been pursuing this program since the NAKBA 1947-49, when 700, 000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes and 50, 000 were killed.
It requires the intervention of all forces to stop this injustice.

[nicolem]

You’ve already lost Satanyahu. You lost with the genocide.

[kylezo]

watching him mumble through a halfhearted apologist walkback of a minor component of otherwise unabated support for the crime of crimes is a chilling moment in human history that i will never forget.

[boop]

1:12 "that's what we've done up to now". Who does he think he's talking to? We know what you did and we know what you do. The only people who seem to still be confused about who is evil here, are the Israeli main stream.