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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Biden apologised to Palestinian-Americans for questioning Gaza death toll, says report

AP

President Joe Biden is attempting damage control as more and more polls indicate that he is losing ground with his own supporters over his steadfast support of the Israeli military campaign underway in the Gaza Strip.

A new report from The Washington Post detailed over the weekend how Mr Biden is seeking to mend fences with Palestinian-Americans and Muslim Democrats in general as he treads a fine line in his public remarks about the shockingly bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas forces in Gaza. Since a terrorist attack across southern Israel killed 1,200 last month, strikes launched by Israel’s military have killed more than 14,000 civilians within the Palestinian territory. Others have died in the West Bank.

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