WASHINGTON — The White House says pro-Palestinian protesters are wrong to chant “Genocide Joe” at President Biden over his support of Israel because the Jewish state is not trying to “wipe the Palestinian people off the map” with its invasion of the Gaza Strip.

The phrase is “inappropriate” to describe Israel’s Biden-backed war against the Hamas terror group, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Monday.

Thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators in New York City and DC have chanted “Genocide Joe!” and “Genocide Joe has gotta go!” — with activists even writing the nickname next to red painted handprints on the masonry of the White House’s northern gate during a raucous rally on Nov. 4.

“We’re not worried about nicknames and bumper stickers. I mean, it’s First Amendment free speech,” Kirby began when asked about the attack on Biden, who is seeking $14.3 billion in new funds from Congress to support Israel.

“The president’s focused on, as he wrote his [Washington Post] op-ed, on making sure that we can continue to support Israel as they fight a terrible terrorist group, Hamas, and as we all work together to get humanitarian assistance in and get people out, including hostages,” Kirby said.

Growing more heated, the former Pentagon spokesman added that “people can say what they want on the sidewalk and we respect that, that’s what the First Amendment is about — but this word ‘genocide’ is getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of different folks.

“What Hamas wants — make no mistake about it — is genocide,” Kirby emphasized, noting that the terrorists began the conflict with an Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 people — including at least 33 Americans — and kidnapped more than 200 others.

The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says that more than 13,000 people have died in subsequent Israeli military action, though the death toll cannot be verified by independent parties and Biden has publicly dismissed the tally as inaccurate.

“They want to wipe Israel off the map. They’ve said so publicly on more than one occasion — in fact, just recently. And they’ve said that they’re not going to stop [and] what happened on the seventh of October is going to happen again and again and again,” Kirby went on.

“And what happened on the seventh of October? Murder, slaughter of innocent people in their homes or at a music festival. That’s genocidal intentions. Yes, there are too many civilian casualties in Gaza. Yes, the numbers are too high. Yes, too many families are grieving. And yes, we continue to urge Israelis to be as careful and cautious as possible. That’s not going to stop, from the president right on down.”

Kirby concluded: “But Israel is not trying to wipe the Palestinian people off the map. Israel’s not trying to wipe Gaza off the map. Israel is trying to defend itself against a genocidal terrorist threat … If we’re gonna start using that word, fine. Let’s use it appropriately.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), who is Palestinian-American, accused Biden earlier this month of supporting “the genocide of the Palestinian people.” The House of Representatives voted to censure her days later over anti-Israel commentary, with 22 Democrats siding with most Republicans on the reprimand.

Polls show that a majority of Americans support Israel in the conflict, but that Biden’s management of the crisis has gotten poor marks.

An NBC poll released Sunday found that just 34% of registered voters approved of Biden’s handling of the Gaza conflict, in which an unknown number of US citizens — believed to be up to nine people — remain hostage.

The same NBC poll found that 47% felt Israel’s actions in Gaza are justified, while 30% felt Israel had gone “too far” and 23% said they didn’t know enough or were unsure.

A Harvard CAPS-Harris poll released Monday found that 80% of Americans support Israel in its conflict with Hamas, but that support is lower among younger voters, with just 55% of 18-24-year-olds backing Israel in the war.