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President Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke briefly to the press ahead of a closed-door meeting at the White House.
President Herzog spoke about the death of two Israelis who were killed by rockets fired from Lebanon and described Iran as an empire of evil.
He also emphasized the urgency of returning Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
President Biden also held a second bilateral meeting with the President of Indonesia and spoke to the press before meeting in the Oval Office.
Mr. President, welcome back to the Oval Office in the White House.
You've been a friend for a long time, a personal friend, and you know my commitment to Israel is ironclad and we share a deep friendship.
I want to thank you again for being here and the floor is yours.
Thank you, Mr. President.
It's always a great honor to be here in the Oval Office and to be with a friend such as you, Mr. President.
I will start, of course, with the sad news of the day.
In the last two hours, two Israelis were murdered by rocket attacks from Lebanon in the northern town of Nariya, a beautiful seashore town in the northern part of Israel.
Early in the day, a kindergarten teacher of a kindergarten of special needs, children with special needs, rescued bravely and wisely the toddlers in the kindergarten from a drone attack.
A drone exploded in the kindergarten.
This is what we're going through from Lebanon, Mr. President, and you know it all too well.
We are fighting hard.
We're defending our people, our brave soldiers and pilots.
And I know that you're working very hard to make sure that this war will end and that there will be first and foremost security for the people of Israel as well as for the people of Lebanon.
And in Gaza, we have 101 hostages over 400 days.
I know, Mr. President, that you know you're day in, day out, actively seeking their safe return home as they are going through hell in the dungeons of Gaza.
Clearly, you're thinking and working about the day after as well, which perhaps should be a trajectory of hope to the people of the region and the ability to have our neighbors as well as us live in security and peace.
But first and foremost, we have to get the hostages back.
I agree.
And it all starts in Tehran.
It all starts in the Empire of Evil, where in Tehran with its proxies, they are doing whatever they can to derail stability and security and peace, calling for the annihilation of the state of Israel and seeking nuclear weapons.
Mr. President, this has to be a major objective all throughout your term and the next term of the next president because we have to make sure that they cannot fulfill their evil intentions.
They're also a major engine of anti-Semitism, Mr. President, and I know how much you put a focus on fighting and combating anti-Semitism.
But most importantly, I'm here on behalf of the people of Israel and the nation of Israel and the state of Israel to say to you, Mr. President, thank you very much, as we say in Hebrew, Toda Abba.
You've been an incredible friend of Israel and the Jewish people for decades.
And we will never forget, ever, in history, how you stood up with us in our darkest hour, which became our finest hour.
How you came to Israel a few days after the barbaric attack of October 7th.
How you helped us and supported us with words and deeds.
And I want to express our heartfelt thanks to you, Mr. President, which is a great legacy that you stood up with the Jewish people and the state of Israel, as you always did.
So I brought you a little gift, which is an archaeological artifact from the foot of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which has the word Joseph, Yosef.
And as you know in the Bible, it is said that Joseph will strengthen Israel.
And clearly, Mr. President, you've done it.
Thank you very much.
Well, I hope my father heard it.
My father was what we call a righteous Christian.
He couldn't understand why we didn't move more rapidly back in World War II and Western.
And anyway.
That was a great legacy of your father.
Well, it was.
I remember how I got in trouble.
We were friends even back then when I said years ago as a senator, I said, you don't have to be a Jew to be a Zionist.
And I know you laughed.
You're clearly a Zionist, Mr. President.
Well, God love you.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for being here, pal.
Well, Mr. President, welcome to the White House.
Thank you very much.
Good to have you here, Anna.
Thank you very much.
We're marking an important anniversary.
75 years of diplomatic relationship with Indonesia and the United States.