Blinken Is Sitting On Staff Recommendations To Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked To Killings Or Rapes
Source: Huffington Post
A special State Department panel recommended months ago that Secretary of State Antony Blinken disqualify multiple Israeli military and police units from receiving U.S. aid after reviewing allegations that they committed serious human rights abuses.
But Blinken has failed to act on the proposal in the face of growing international criticism of the Israeli militarys conduct in Gaza, according to current and former State Department officials.
The incidents under review mostly took place in the West Bank and occurred before Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel. They include reports of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli Border Police; an incident in which a battalion gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead; and an allegation that interrogators tortured and raped a teenager who had been accused of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails.
Recommendations for action against Israeli units were sent to Blinken in December, according to one person familiar with the memo. Theyve been sitting in his briefcase since then, another official said.
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This is one of the most shameful moments in all of American history.
MOMFUDSKI
(5,611 posts)on this one.
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iemanja
(53,041 posts)I don't get it. How hard is it to conclude that rape and torture are bad?
TexasDem69
(1,800 posts)Giordano Burno
(29 posts)maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)but you covered it.
I really question how much US aid is going to the Israeli Border Patrol.
And whether Blinken actually has a briefcase.
Cha
(297,466 posts)Attack on Israel.
iemanja
(53,041 posts)When the victims are Jewish. Just as they only care about killings when the victims are Jewish. They clearly value Muslim life less. That some on the other side dismiss the same crimes when the victims are Jewish is likewise a problem. The result is a cycle of hatred and endless war, and those without conscience who sanction killing and rape of the other, all with a shocking sense of righteousness.