explosions, silenced by the celebrations in gaza. sure beats the alternative. after some 11 days of rocket attacks, air strikes, fighting on the ground. the fighting claimed hundreds of lives in all, and gaza, suffering a humanitarian crisis, unlivable. and bind has been ratcheting up the pressure on israel. he said he had spoken to
little bit different. way more pro palestinian elected democrats than there used to be, way last roof last reflective support for israel than there used to be. way more emphasis on human and civil rights. that has been a big wake up call this time around. yeah, and i think it played a critical role in the past week. i mean, joe biden was not only negotiating with benjamin netanyahu and the egyptians, but also with his own party. they were not only encouraging to take a tougher stand on his release, but to reconsider veils provided to israel. when you consider the context ironically, providing biden to saying look, i m holding my own party at bay here.
disaster can be remediated. that s what blinken s job is. so jonathan and sam, let s bet this around. a lot there in andrea s reporting. jonathan, starting with you when your beat biden white house was trying to tell reporters, look, we ve got this. the most competent wet swings, there s always a lot more going on than what we can see publicly. they were putting out the signals, and it was intense, very quiet diplomacy. what s the chance gianna thin that that was the ticket, that that worked for joe biden this time around? first of all brian, this is how joe biden has operated with israel across his career to being vice president, and now president. where publicly, very supportive, but privately willing to be sharper with israel. willing to be more blunt of his assessment of the situation and
our nbc news foreign affairs chief, and the host of andrea mitchell reports. jonathan lynn here, associated press. and stands dying, federal journalist who is now white house editor at politico. good evening to you all. andrea, i m so glad we identified the one hour of the day you were working, and you are able to join us tonight. , and yo are able to join us tonight. you join us with new reporting on how this went down over the past few days. the key to it brian, according to a person familiar with it, a diplomacy behind the scenes, he was recognition immediately by the white house, by the president over this experience and the chairman really critical issue, vice president of those eight years. they believed israel was intent on invading gaza. if that was to happen, it would be a repeat of what happened in 2014 as kelly just observed.
suffering through a humanitarian crisis, unlivable. other nations in the region were increasingly alarmed about the conflict destabilizing their neighborhood. biden has been rationing up the pressure on israel, and the hostilities. tonight he noted that he is spoken to president netanyahu seven times during the crisis, planning to replenish the iron dome defense system while providing more military aid in the future. united states fully supports israel s right to defend itself against indiscriminate rocket attacks from hamas. we remain can myth it to work with the united nations, and other international stakeholders to provide rapid humanitarian assistance, and a martial international support of the people of gaza. we will do this in full partnership of the palestinian authority, not hamas. i believe the palestinians and israelis, equally deserve to live secretly and securely. my administration will continue