EXCERPT:
BIDEN: “More than 1,300 people slaughtered in Israel, including at least 32 American citizens. Scores of innocents, from infants, to the elderly grandparents, Israelis, Americans, taken hostage. As I told the families of Americans being held captive by Hamas, we are pursuing every avenue to bring their loved ones home. As president, there is no higher priority for me than the safety of Americans held hostage. The terrorist group Hamas unleashed pure, unadulterated evil in the world. But, sadly, the Jewish people know perhaps better than anyone that there is no limit to the depravity of people when they want to inflict pain on others. In Israel, I saw people who are strong, determined, resilient and also angry, in shock, and in deep, deep pain.”