On CNN's State of the Union, President Obama's deputy national security adviser said that Secretary of State John Kerry is seeking "a common place" between Israel and Hamas in order "to stop the violence" in Gaza.
Ben Rhodes, one of Obama's closest foreign policy advisers, also criticized Israel over civilian casualties in Gaza, saying "I think you can always do more."
Rhodes did not elaborate on where "a common place" between Israel and the terrorist group sworn to its destruction may be found. Hamas maintains as its official slogan: "Allah is its goal, the Prophet its model, the Qur’an its Constitution, Jihad its path and death for the case of Allah its most sublime belief."