The Biden administration has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza may have violated international law or “established best practices” for protecting civilians, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday.
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To translate: Yes, Israel has violated the Leahy Act and international law, but it’s an election year and it’s too dangerous to upset AIPAC and its right-wing media and political mouthpieces. So we’ll just have to ignore the law.
The report also noted that “Israel has not shared complete information to verify” whether U.S. weapons have been used in specific incidents alleged to have involved human rights law violations.
Translation: Israel continues to engage in a coverup but we don’t have the political will to do anything about it.
And people wonder why there are demonstrations. The law is not being equally enforced and the majority of congress, of course, won’t do anything about. And apparently neither will the Biden Administration. This is what happens when a foreign country has too much influence over another country’s foreign policy.