Antony Blinken actually said...

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

"The prime minister and I discussed how Israel does this matters. We democracies distinguish ourselves from terrorists by striving for a different standard, even when it's difficult, and holding oursel..."

"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."