Biden: US is ‘com­mit­ted’ to Israel’s secu­ri­ty and a Gaza cease­fire

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden said Mon­day that the Unit­ed States backs Israel‘s right to secu­ri­ty while warn­ing against a broad­er war break­ing out with Iran in the Mid­dle East.
The “Unit­ed States is com­mit­ted to Israel’s secu­ri­ty,” Biden said dur­ing an Oval Office bilat­er­al meet­ing with Iraq’s Prime Min­is­ter Mohammed Shia al Sudani after Iran attacked Israel over the week­end.
Biden praised the part­ner­ship between the U.S., Israel, and their allies to inter­cept drones and mis­siles Iran fired off at Israel on Sat­ur­day while also call­ing for a nego­ti­at­ed cease­fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden, right, meets with Iraq’s Prime Min­is­ter Mohammed Shia al Sudani in the Oval Office of the White House on April 15, 2024, in Wash­ing­ton. (AP Photo/Alex Bran­don)

“We’re com­mit­ted to a cease­fire that will bring the hostages home and pre­vent the con­flict from spread­ing beyond what it already has,” the pres­i­dent said. “We’re also com­mit­ted to the secur …