White House declines to insist on an immediate Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire
District of Columbia | May 18, 2021
The White House declined Tuesday to insist on an immediate cease-fire amid the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas, deferring to a previous statement that President Biden generally supports a cease-fire.
“The president’s objective is clear, which is that he wants to see an end to the violence on the ground and to the suffering of the Israeli and the Palestinian people,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Ms. Psaki had been asked if Mr. Biden, who spoke by phone Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was insisting on an immediate cease-fire…
(Excerpt from The Washington Times)