This is not the State Department I know. That’s why I left my job. – Josh Paul/WaPost
“For more than a decade, I worked in the State Department bureau responsible for arms transfers and security assistance to foreign governments. In that time, I was involved in many complex and morally challenging debates over what weapons to send where. What I had not seen until this month, however, was a complex and morally challenging transfer in the absence of a debate.
“So last week, I resigned.
“…the track record shows that U.S.-provided arms have not led Israel to peace. Rather, in the West Bank, they have facilitated the growth of a settlement infrastructure that now makes a Palestinian state increasingly unlikely, while in the densely populated Gaza Strip, bombings have inflicted mass trauma and casualties, contributing nothing to Israeli security…
“The absence of a willingness to hold that debate when it comes to Israel is not proof of our commitment to Israel’s security. Rather, it is proof of our commitment to a policy that, the record shows, is a dead end — and proof of our willingness to abandon our values and turn a blind eye to the suffering of millions in Gaza when it is politically expedient.
“That is not the State Department I know. And that is why I had to leave it.”
A former State Dept. official explains why he resigned over U.S. arms sent to Israel – NPR
Obama Warns Israel’s Strikes on Gaza Could Backfire – Newsweek
“‘The world is watching closely as events in the region unfold, and any Israeli military strategy that ignores the human costs could ultimately backfire,’ Obama added. ‘Already, thousands of Palestinians have been killed in the bombing of Gaza, many of them children. Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes.”‘
“He continued: ‘The Israeli government’s decision to cut off food, water, and electricity to a captive civilian population threatens not only to worsen a growing humanitarian crisis; it could further harden Palestinian attitudes for generations, erode global support for Israel, play into the hands of Israel’s enemies, and undermine long term efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region.'”
Senate Democrat warns an Israeli ground invasion would ‘exacerbate’ conditions in Gaza – Hill
They followed evacuation orders. An Israeli airstrike killed them the next day. – CNN
A Textbook Case of Genocide – Jewish Currents
‘Not in my name’: The European Jews condemning Israel’s war on Gaza – Al Jazeera
‘Netanyahu Got All the Warnings,’ Says Former Head of Israeli Military Intelligence – Politico