(White House) President Joe Biden told a campaign reception in Washington on Tuesday: "Hanukkah is different after the October 7th attack. As I said after the attack, the safety of the Jewish people, the security of Israel as an independent Jewish state, is literally at stake. But it is unshakeable, our commitment to Israel. We continue to provide military assistance to Israel as it goes after Hamas....We'll continue leading the world in delivering humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian civilians as well to emphasize to our friends in Israel the need to protect civilian life. And they understand it." "There's a lot to do - a whole lot to do. First and foremost, do everything in our power to hold Hamas accountable. They're animals. They're animals. They exceeded anything that any other terrorist group has done in memory. But, secondly, we have to work toward bringing Israel together in a way that provides for the beginning of an option of a two-state solution." "But nobody, nobody, nobody on God's green Earth can justify what Hamas did. They're a brutal, ugly, inhumane people, and they have to be eliminated."
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