In a closed-door meeting with Arab American leaders in Michigan this week, one of President Biden’s top foreign policy aides acknowledged mistakes in the administration’s response to the war in Gaza, saying he did not have “any confidence” that Israel’s government was willing to take “meaningful steps” toward Palestinian statehood.
The remarks came after months of public and private admonitions from the Biden administration for Israel to take a more surgical approach in a conflict that has killed more than 27,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in Gaza. On Thursday, Mr. Biden himself declared that Israel had gone “over the top” in its response to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.
The Biden aide, Jon Finer, a deputy national security adviser, offered some of the administration’s clearest expressions of regret for what he called “missteps” it had made from the beginning of the violence, and he pledged that it would do better.
And he’s only saying this in private because…?
Yes, meetings with senior policy wonks and whatever interest group are held in like a private office or conference room, maybe a private room in a restaurant or hotel, when not in DC, anyway, and attendees need to be invited.
The headline is misleading, implying that anything is said here in secret.
I know too many people that just read headlines assuming it’s a adequate summary of the story. At this point the people writing headlines know people think this way right?
There is no war in ba sing se