Joe Biden: The US will not retreat before Putin and Hamas call

Will Putin be held accountable for his aggression so that Ukraine can live freely? How to cope with the violence of Hamas fighters and ensure peace in the Middle East? These questions are asked by Joe Biden. The focus gives the full version of the US Presidential President for The Washington Post. Today, the world is experiencing a turning point when the decisions during the crises in Europe and the Middle East determine the lives of future generations.

What will look like our world after these conflicts? Will we deny Hamas's ability to create pure, genuine evil? Will the Israelites and Palestinians ever live in peace, with two states for two peoples? Will we bring Vladimir Putin to account for his aggression so that the people of Ukraine can live freely and Europe remained an anchor of global peace and security? And the main question: will we follow our positive vision of the future, or let us allow those who do not share our values, to delay the world in danger? Both Putin and Hamas are struggling to erase democracy.

Both want to destroy regional stability and take advantage of the clutter that emerged. America cannot and will not allow it. In the interests of our national security and for the benefit of the whole world. The United States brings together allies and partners to resist aggressors and make progress towards a bright and peaceful future. The world awaits the problems of our time from us. This is the duty of the leader, and America will fulfill it.

If we move away from today's problems, the risk of conflict can spread, and the cost of solving it will only increase. We will not allow this. This belief is at the heart of my approach to the support of the people of Ukraine, I am in favor of protecting freedom from Putin's cruel war. From the experience of the two world wars of the last century, we know that if the aggression in Europe is left unanswered, the crisis will not go out on its own.

That is why our obligations to Ukraine today are investments in our safety. This will prevent the wider conflict tomorrow. We do not allow the participation of US troops in this war, but we support brave Ukrainians who protect freedom and homeland. We provide them with weapons and economic assistance to stop Putin's desire to win them. The United States is not alone: ​​more than 50 countries have joined us. Partners take on most of the economic responsibility for the support of Ukraine.

We have also created a stronger and more cohesive NATO union that will strengthen our security through the power of the Allies. We made it clear that we would protect every inch of NATO from further Russian aggression. Our allies in Asia also support us and Ukraine, speaking for Putin, because they understand what is the connection of stability in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific. Throughout history, we have also seen how conflicts in the Middle East can have consequences around the world.

We firmly support the Israeli people who protect themselves from murderous nihilism Hamas. Fighters killed 1,200 people, including 35 American citizens on October 7. It is the most horrifying crime against the Jewish people in one day since the Holocaust. Babies and toddlers, mothers and parents, grandparents, people with disabilities, and even people who survived the Holocaust were crippled and killed. Whole families were killed in their homes. Young people were shot at the music festival.

The bodies are fraught with bullets and burned beyond recognition. For more than a month, the families of 200 hostages, captured by Hamas, live in hell. They look forward to finding out their loved ones alive or dead. At the time of writing this article, I and my team work and do everything possible to release the hostages. The Israelis are still shocked and suffer from attack, and Hamas promises to repeat the events on October 7.

The Palestinian people deserve their own state and the future without Hamas terrorists. I am murdered by grief from the Gaza Sector and the death of many thousands of civilians, including children. Palestinian children cry for lost parents. Parents write their baby's name on the arm or leg so that it can be recognized if the worst happens. Palestinian nurses and doctors are desperate to save every precious life without having resources.

Every lost innocent Palestinian life is a tragedy that breaks families and communities. Our goal should not simply end the war today. The task is to put an end to the war forever, break the cycle of continuous violence and build something more in the Gaza sector and throughout the Middle East, so that history does not repeat. Just a few weeks before October 7, I met in New York with the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyag.

The main theme of our conversation was the obligations that will help Israel and the Palestinian territories to better integrate into the Middle East. It is also the idea of ​​an innovative economic corridor that connects India with Europe through the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel, which I announced with partners at the Grand Twenty summit in India in early September. Close integration between countries creates predictable markets and attracts more investment.

Improvement of regional relationships, including physical and economic infrastructure, helps to increase employment and increase opportunities for young people. In this future, there is no place for violence and hatred of Hamas. I think an attempt to destroy the hope of this future is one of the reasons why Hamas provoked a crisis. It is quite obvious that the decision to create two states is the only way to ensure the long -term security of the Israeli and Palestinian peoples.

Although it may seem that the future has never been so far, this crisis has made it more important than ever. The decision to create two states is where to go to peace. This will require obligations from Israelites, Palestinians, the United States and our allies. Work needs to start right now. To this end, the United States proposed the basic principles of this crisis to give the world the basis for further development. Gaza should never be used as a platform for terrorism.

There should be no violent movement of Palestinians from the gase, no re -occupation, siege and reduction of the territory. After the war, the voice of the Palestinian people and their hopes should be in the center of post -crisis management in the Gaza Sector. As we strive for peace, the Gaza and the West Bank must be connected under a single management structure, ultimately under the updated Palestinian autonomy.

I told the leaders of Israel that extremism against the Palestinians on the West Bank should be stopped and all those who committed violence should be held accountable. States are ready to take their own steps, including a ban on issuing visas to extremists who attack the civilian population on the west bank.

The international community should allocate resources to support the gases, including temporary security measures, and to create a recovery mechanism for sustainable satisfaction of long -term gas needs. It is extremely important that terrorist threats never leave the Gaza or West Bank sector again. If we agree on these first steps, we will be able to imagine another future.

In the coming months, the United States will do the effort to create a more peaceful, integrated and prosperous Middle East - a region where a day like October 7 is unthinkable. We will continue to work to prevent further spread and escalation of the conflict. I ordered two American aircraft groups to come to the region to strengthen restraint.

We pursue Hamas and those who finance and promote terrorism by imposing numerous sanctions, cutting off Hamas from external funding, in particular through social networks. It is also clear to me that the United States will do everything they need to protect US troops and personnel throughout the Middle East. We have repeatedly responded to the blows to us. I am the first American president to immediately went to Israel during the war to show solidarity with the Israeli people.

Israel must protect himself, this is his right. While in Tel Aviv, I advised the Israelites not to allow images and anger to mislead them and make the mistakes we have made in the past. From the very beginning, my administration has called for respect to international humanitarian law, minimize the death of innocent people and pay priority to the protection of civilians. After the attack, Hamas was stopped by Gazi on Israel, and food, water and medicines were quickly depleted.

Within my trip to Israel, I spoke with the leaders of Israel and Egypt to reach an agreement to restore the supply of the necessary humanitarian assistance to Gaza residents. A few days later, the border began to cross the trucks again. Today, about 100 humanitarian trucks enter the gas from Egypt daily, we continue to work to increase the flow of help repeatedly. I also advocated humanitarian pauses in conflict so that the civilian population would leave the areas of active fighting.

Israel has taken an additional step towards creating two humanitarian corridors and daily four -hour breaks in hostilities in the north of the Gaza Sector to allow Palestinian citizens to flee to safer areas in the south. This is sharply contrary to Hamas's terrorist strategy: to hide among peaceful Palestinians. Use children as a living shield. Place tunnels under hospitals, schools, mosques and dwellings. Maximize the death and suffering of innocent people.

If Hamas fighters took care of the lives of the Palestinians, they would have released all the hostages, they would give up weapons and leaders responsible for the events on October 7. While Hamas adheres to the ideology of destruction, the ceasefire will not be the key to peace. For Hamas, every ceasefire is the time they use to replenish rockets, move fighters and attacks on civilians. We have to work even more hard to preserve the values ​​that make us as we are.

We are a nation of freedom of religions and expression of thoughts. We all have the right to discuss, disagree and protest peacefully, without fear that we are being persecuted in schools, in workplaces or somewhere. In recent years, a wave of hatred has led to racism and anxious growth of anti -Semitism in America. The situation intensified after the terrorist attacks on October 7.

Jewish families are worried that they can be persecuted at school when they wear symbols of their faith on the street. At the same time, too many American Muslims, Arab citizens, Palestinians and other communities are outraged and offended, fearing Islamophobia and the distrust we watched after September 11. We cannot be aside when hate is growing. We must unconditionally condemn anti -Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hatred.

We have to give up violence and corruption and see each other not enemies, but compatriots. At the time of such waves of violence and suffering - in Ukraine, Israel, the Gaza and other places - it is difficult to imagine something else. But we should never forget the lessons throughout our history: great tragedies and shocks can lead to great progress. More hope. More freedom. Less fierce. Less image. Less of war.