Antony Blinken actually said...

The prime minister and I discussed how Israel does this matters. We democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a diff...

how Israel does is matters, with democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard.

I understand on a personal level the harrowing echoes that Hamas' massacres carry for Israeli Jews, indeed for Jews everywhere.

Israel has the right, indeed the obligation to defend itself and to ensure that this never happens again.