A group of White House interns have joined the growing list of administration officials applying internal pressure to US President Joe Biden to call for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, sending him a letter that accuses him of having “ignored” the “pleas of the American people.”

The letter, first shared with NBC News and addressed to Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, is supported by more than 40 interns who work in the White House and other executive branch offices, according to the text.

“We, the undersigned Fall 2023 White House and Executive Office of the President interns, will no longer remain silent on the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people,” the interns wrote.

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