US President Joe Biden has said that it would be “tough” to secure a ceasefire by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza where Israel has been carrying out a genocidal war since October 7, 2023.
“It’s looking tough,” Biden told reporters on Friday when asked if a deal to halt the five-month-old war could be achieved by Ramadan, which is due to start as early as Sunday depending on the sighting of the moon.
Biden has been dubbed as “Genocide Joe” by American protesters due to his administration’s continued support for Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
The Biden administration has backed Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory as an instance of “self-defense,” and has provided the regime with thousands of arms consignments since the onset of the war.
Washington has also been casting its veto against the United Nations Security Council’s resolutions that would call on the occupying regime to cease its aggression.
Biden said that “I sure am” worried about the possibility of violence in Israeli-occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Ramadan approaches.
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas’s armed wing on Friday called on supporters to mobilize towards the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in East al-Quds.
It also said there would be no compromise on the movement’s demand that Israel withdraw from Gaza to secure the release of hostages seized by Hamas.
Biden has been facing mounting pressure to stop providing Israel with bombs, missiles and ammunition since the regime launched its military offensive against Gaza in early October. The regime’s forces have so far killed more than 30,878 Palestinians, mostly children and women, in the besieged territory.
Five months into the war in Gaza, the Biden administration has repeatedly bypassed Congress to greenlight an emergency weapons sale to Israel.
On Thursday, Biden’s State of the Union address sparked protests across the United States, with demonstrators gathering outside of the US Capitol building.
The protesters called on him to stop funding Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
They gathered on Pennsylvania Avenue – the arterial road that connects the White House to the seat of the US legislature in Washington, DC – before the annual presidential speech to both houses of Congress on Thursday.
Protesters near the Capitol laid out a huge Palestinian flag across the avenue’s asphalt and held banners that said “Biden’s legacy is genocide.”
“When Palestine is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” protesters chanted.
“I feel like they’re killing with my hands with my tax dollars,” said one protester.
Protest organizers said people forced Biden to reroute and arrive late to give his speech at the Capitol.
Protesters near the Capitol laid out a huge Palestinian flag across the avenue’s asphalt and held banners that said “Biden’s legacy is genocide.”
“When Palestine is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” protesters chanted.
“I feel like they’re killing with my hands with my tax dollars,” said one protester.
