Biden to deliver Oval Office address about Israel and Ukraine

President Joe Biden will discuss the wars unfolding in Israel and Ukraine during a rare Oval Office address, according to the White House.

“Tomorrow, President Biden will address the nation to discuss our response to Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel and Russia’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday. “This speech will be delivered from the Oval Office at 8 p.m. ET.”

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The White House announcement came after Biden made a rare appearance in Air Force One’s press cabin en route back from Israel, where he spent the day before an expected ground invasion into the Gaza Strip and after Arab leaders canned their meeting with him in Jordan.

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“Israel has been badly victimized, but the truth is they have an opportunity to relieve suffering of people who have nowhere to go. … It’s what they should do,” Biden told reporters. “I was very blunt about the need to get humanitarian aid to Gaza. … I got no pushback.”

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Earlier, during separate remarks, Biden told Israel, “You are not alone,” but urged the country not to overreact as the United States did after the Sept. 11 attacks.

“While you feel that rage, don’t be consumed by it,” he said. “After 9/11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes.”