REUTERS
- Following Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre, President Joe Biden pledged US support for Israel.
- But US officials are increasingly concerned about Israel killing Palestinian civilians.
- An IDF attack on a refugee camp this week, which killed dozens, caused alarm in Washington.
After the October 7 massacre, what else was there to say, as an American president, except that Israel — like any country on Earth — has the right to defend itself?
"And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel's back," President Joe Biden said while on a stop in the country, about 72 hours after 1,400 people there had been slaughtered, some tortured first, some burned alive. "These atrocities," Biden said, "have been sickening."