Those who are critical of supporting Israel had hoped that the report commissioned by President Joe Biden could have served as a basis for limiting US arms deliveries to Israel.
of the United States the foreign ministry’s recent report arouses criticism among opponents of Israel’s military actions.
US Department of State left to Congress on Friday a written statement. According to it, it is reasonable to assume that Israel has violated international law in its military operations in Gaza.
According to the report, the large number of civilian casualties raises serious questions about whether Israel has sufficiently guaranteed the safety of civilians in its operation.
According to the report, however, no sufficient evidence has been found to justify cutting off military aid to Israel.
of the United States former lawyer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, currently working as a senior advisor at the International Crisis Group Brian Finucane evaluate For The New York Timesthat the report works hard to avoid concluding that Israel has broken any laws.
If this was found to be the case, it would target the president, according to Finucane to Joe Biden enormous new pressure to limit arms aid to Israel.
The United States and Israel are long-standing allies. The United States annually supports Israel militarily with more than 3.8 billion dollars, i.e. more than 3.5 billion euros.
It was only in April that the United States approved an additional arms aid package for Israel worth 14 billion dollars, or about 13 billion euros.
US President Joe Biden was photographed in Seattle on Friday.
Arms Aid critics hoped that the report, commissioned by the president in February, could have served as a basis for limiting arms supplies to Israel.
The independent working group called the new statement “deficient at best and deliberately misleading at worst”, writes The New York Times, among others.
Already in April, the working group published a ten-page document the reportciting dozens of examples of alleged violations of international humanitarian law.
The working group includes, among other things, a former official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Josh Paulwho resigned in protest of US military support for Israel.
New there is a report of The Washington Post has been criticized for not holding Israel sufficiently accountable.
Director of the charity Oxfam America Abby Maxman called the report a “devastating blow to the Palestinians in Gaza.”
“It is clear that Israel is violating international law and preventing aid from reaching Gaza,” Maxman said in a statement published on Friday in the statement.
“If this behavior complies with international standards, God help us all,” the Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen said, according to The New York Times.
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