At briefing from negotiators, Biden says Hamas must be held accountable for hostage murders

[Beastly Boy]

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have just received a briefing from the administration’s hostage negotiators and their national security teams, the White House says.

The meeting was held against the backdrop of Hamas’s killing of six Israeli hostages, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose bodies were recovered by the IDF over the weekend.

During the meeting, “Biden expressed his devastation and outrage at the murder and reaffirmed the importance of holding Hamas’s leaders accountable,” according to a White House readout.

This line is notable given that just before entering the meeting, Biden was asked by reporters whether he thinks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been doing enough to secure a deal and he responded, “No.”

As is often the case, reporters did not ask the US president whether he thought Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been doing enough, so the media narrative focused on Netanyahu.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/at-briefing-from-negotiators-biden-says-hamas-must-be-held-accountable-for-hostage-murders/ar-AA1pRSvu

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I too reaffirm the importance of holding Hamas’s leaders accountable.

Anyone else?

[OLDMDDEM]

1. Of course but how do you do that?

[Groundhawg]

2. It's being done, by Israel now,

[Beastly Boy]

3. Say it out loud, as you did.

No conditional addenda attached.

That's all it takes.

[soandso]

14. That's the $64,000. question

Considering Hamas is widely dispersed among the population. Now the same is starting to occur in the West Bank with whatever jihadi groups operate there. It's easy to say what should happen (hold terrorists accountable) but the reality is a completely different matter. Plus, with what's going on, even more terrorists and just resistance to the occupation grows.

[JohnSJ]

4. Hamas is responsible for all of this, including the deaths of the Palestinians

What they did on October 7th precipitated all of this, period.

[Mossfern]

5. I do!

Is there any guarantee if there is a cease fire that the hostages will be returned?

[Beastly Boy]

6. No guarantees, but words matter.

Your own included. Thank you.

[Eko]

7. Sure

Bibi as well.

[Beastly Boy]

9. See post #3

[Eko]

10. Sorry but I dont have to follow your rules.

You asked a question I gave an answer.

[Beastly Boy]

12. I heard your answer loud and clear.

And so did everyone else.

It was not the answer to my question, it was a childish deflection from it.

There is no place for petulant trolling in this thread. Be gone!

[Eko]

13. Huh.

I answered your question directly and last I saw you don't get to make the rules around here.

[Beastly Boy]

15. I will not even attempt to take on the monumental challenge of explaining to you what a direct answer entails.

I will only drop a small clue: it is governed by the rules of semantics, and the last I've heard, I don't get to make these rules indeed.

[Eko]

16. I guess a affirmative answer is not a direct answer.

Ok.

[Beastly Boy]

17. Couldn't agree with you more.

A dismissive affirmative statement followed by a deflection is not a direct answer by any means.

Finally, you got something right!

Now if only you could take some time and contemplate how offensive this was in the context of Biden's call for Hamas to be held accountable for hostage murders...

But that's too much to ask for, isn't it?

[Eko]

18. Sure thing buddy.

Sorry if it offended you but at the protests in Israel plenty of them think he is responsible as well.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/02/g-s1-20547/general-strike-in-israel-over-hostages-leads-to-uneven-closures
I didn't realize how much of a supporter you were of Bibi, my bad.
Oh yeah, I've been pretty outspoken on here about Hamas and have said many times that not only do I think the ones responsible for Oct 7 should be hunted down but that my government, The US, should go do it. They just killed an American. I find that to be offensive in the extreme. Israels track record on this is at least incompetent and at most criminal. 100% due to your buddy Bibi.

[Beastly Boy]

19. It was too much to ask for, wasn't it?

My apologies for overestimating the amount of time you have available to contemplate on Biden's statement. But seeing how much time and effort it takes you to not address it, I totally understand how you would have overlooked the implicit insult in your response.

Good night.

[Eko]

20. I guess you missed the part where Biden answered about Hamas and Bibi.

But for some reason we are not allowed to do the same.
Nice talking to you!

[Cha]

8. That is of Utmost "Importance".. Pres Biden & VP Harris Hold Hamas

Accountable. as Do Many of us on DU.. the "protesters" sure as Hell Do NOT. They've been seen Tearing Down Posters of the Hostages in NYC.

Mahalo for this news, Beastly Boy


Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23
Eden Yerushalmi, 24
Ori Danino, 25
Alex Lubnov, 32
Carmel Gat, 40
Almog Sarusi, 27

[edisdead]

11. Hamas is never going to stop

They are NEVER going to stop killing Israelis AND Palestinians until they and their ideology cease to exist.

Why do we not listen when Hamas themselves say that they will never stop?
Why do we not hold them accountable when they launch attacks from civilian areas?

Hamas IS the reason for ALL of this. Israel could stop what they are doing and not fire another round and before you know it (and you know it) there will be Hamas killing Jewish people again. I don't have to like the response that Bibi is giving. But I know that even without him Hamas is NEVER going to stop. NEVER.

And so how long does one country allow another country's problem continue to kill their people? Palestinians MUST pick up whatever arms they can and remove Hamas themselves. If the pushback to that is that they are powerless against Hamas, then they are dead already anyway as Hamas will not stop hiding amongst the innocent and putting them in danger.

This cannot keep going on. At some point the Palestinians have GOT to put up a fight against Hamas.