rafah, as i ve said before, israel has the responsibility and the obligation to do everything possible to ensure civilians are protected and they get the assistance they need in the course of this conflict. any military campaign, military operation that israel undertakes needs to put civilians first and foremost in mind. and i suggested again some ways to do that. and that s especially true in the case of rafah, where there are somewhere between 1.2 and 1.4 million people, many of them displaced from other parts of gaza. so we want to make sure again that in anything that s done, any military operations, the situation for civilians is first and foremost in mind and that necessary steps are taken to make sure that they re protected and they have the assistance they need. you suggested some wa s assistance they need. you suggested some ways to assistance they need. you suggested some ways to do assistance they need. you suggested some ways to do that. assistance they need
the contentious weeklong battle for speaker. kevin mccarthy s rocky road to the gavel including sessions made to the far-right s holdouts is raising fresh questions about how a republican-led house will govern. earlier today, house republicans getting their take. sometimes democracy is messy, but i would argue that s exactly how the founders intended it. they wanted real debate, real input from all people, and then you get a decision. it is positive, not negative. it is not weakening kevin mccarthy it is providing the speaker with the tools he needs for republicans to go to the map of the american people. 218-plus republicans realized that kevin mccarthy needs a chance to govern, and we are going to give him a chance. well, democrats giving a different view earlier today. the leader hakeem jeffries expressing concerns with the prolonged speaker fight means for the house moving forward. this function was historic that we saw this week is not at an end, it is just the
administration are, they want to be able to work with this new house and getting things done? just briefly on last point, alex, i m glad the made a point of saying this is not just a political story. it is a human being story. and i am really glad you underscore that. talking more broadly about the congress, you know, i think this last week there have been jokes about white house officials popping popcorn and just watching the sideshow that was the battle for the speakership. i think that it gives president biden opportunity to provide a contrast between what he is doing, what he has gotten done, and with rope republicans fertility to govern. we will see if kevin mccarthy is right in saying that this part taught republicans how to govern, he certainly faces a lot of challenges with that very small minority, i do think the white house wants to be able to work with republicans, you saw that pretty vividly last week with president biden met with senator mccain with senator mcconnell,