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Uncle Joe

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Fri Mar 15, 2024, 06:30 PM Mar 15

Biden backs top Democrat Chuck Schumer after call for Israeli election



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"I think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him but by many Americans," Mr Biden said.

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Mr Schumer, a long-time supporter of Israel, said the Israeli leader was allowing "his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel".

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More than 30,000 Palestinians - the majority of them children and women - have now been killed in Gaza since 7 October, the Hamas-run health ministry said last month.

The actual number of dead is likely to be far higher as the count does not include those who have not reached hospitals, among them thousands of people still lost under the rubble of buildings hit by Israeli air strikes.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68580016

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