The Biden administration said Tuesday it will not limit weapons transfers to Israel — even after Israeli forces failed to meet a U.S.-imposed 30-day deadline to increase the flow of food and humanitarian aid into Gaza. Aid groups say Israel has only worsened the catastrophe over that period, with the amount of aid reaching Gaza now at its lowest level since December. The decision to continue arming Israel despite widespread evidence of gross human rights abuses appears to violate multiple U.S. laws, including the Leahy Law, the Foreign Assistance Act and the Arms Export Control Act. On Tuesday, a coalition of former Biden administration employees who’ve resigned in protest of U.S. policy released a video calling on Biden to uphold the law and halt U.S. weapons transfers to Israel.
Stacy Gilbert: “There is no provision in U.S. or international law that allows extra time to starve people.
Josh Paul: “Joe Biden’s administration has repeatedly put Israel’s interests over the interests of the American people.”
Alex Smith: “Even at the expense of not enforcing our own laws.”
Josh Paul: “That’s why I resigned from the State Department.”
Stacy Gilbert: “The State Department.”
Annelle Sheline: “State Department.”
Hala Rharrit: “The State Department’s diplomatic corps.”
Tariq Habash: “The Department of Education.”
Maryam Hassanein: “The Department of the Interior.”
Harrison Mann: “Army.”
Lily Greenberg Call: “Department of the Interior.”
Riley Livermore: “Department of the Air Force.”
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