In an Oval Workplace speech, President Biden sought to persuade Congress and abnormal People that Washington should keep help for each Israel and Ukraine, saying money spent on the 2 nations would “pay dividends for American safety for generations.” The administration will submit an pressing finances request to Congress to help each international locations. He stated that Hamas, the group that launched the cross-border raids on Oct. 7 that ignited the struggle in Israel, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who’s conducting a struggle towards Ukraine, are comparable threats: They each wish to destroy a neighboring democracy. “We can’t and won’t let terrorists like Hamas and tyrants like Putin win,” he stated. On the identical time, he urged restraint from Israel. Whereas Hamas is a terrorist group, it “doesn’t signify the Palestinian folks,” Biden stated, including that Israel should not be “blinded by rage.”