Israel cannot use the October 7 Hamas attack as a “license to dehumanize others” and must reduce civilian casualties in Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. His comments come as Israel’s continued war against Hamas strains relations with Washington.
Recent polls have indicated that traditional Arab-American support for Democratic presidential candidates is slipping, as the country enters selection and election season. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump is polling consistently ahead of President Joe Biden.
“Israelis were dehumanized in the most horrific way on October 7,” Blinken said at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. “But that cannot be a license to dehumanize others.”