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Leaked U.S. Memos Say Israel May Be Violating International Law In Blocking Gaza Aid (www.huffpost.com)

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Though NSM-20 imposes no new legal requirements, it also asks Secretary of State Antony Blinken to report to Congress by May 8 on whether he believes Israel has complied with the assurances.

But an internal State Department memo ― obtained by Reuters and published Saturday ― was jointly submitted to Blinken, and included four bureaus who said they do not find “credible or reliable” the Israeli government’s pledge that its military is using weapons supplied by the U.S. in accordance with international humanitarian law.

The senior officials reportedly cited eight examples of Israeli military action in the memo that could be considered such violations ― including the repeated bombing of protected sites and civilian infrastructure, a massive level of civilian harm, the lack of accountability for those who cause significant civilian harm, and the killing of journalists and humanitarian workers. The bureaus also cited nearly a dozen instances that the Israeli military would “arbitrarily restrict humanitarian aid,” according to Reuters.

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[-] youngGoku@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I'm shocked

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Biden doesn’t have time to care about genocide he enables, he’s busy with jokes to tell.

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no, he's doing something, he's quietly whispering "Netanyahu you bastard". That's obviously a power move right?

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