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'Four blind mice':
Biden, Blinken, McGurk & Sullivan
ZEB LARSON WILLIAM MINTER
MAY 22, 2024
ZEB LARSON WILLIAM MINTER
MAY 22, 2024
On May 20, the International Criminal Court announced that it was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defense minister, and three leaders of Hamas for war crimes committed in Gaza.
President Biden denounced this demand, stating that, “There is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas,” and also denied that Israel was carrying out a genocide.
This is part of a long-running pattern for Biden and his advisers.
A recently implemented policy — National Security Memorandum 20 — requires regular reports to Congress on U.S. weapons supplied to countries engaged in active armed conflict to determine whether those recipients are engaging in violations of international human rights law.
- This year Israel was among the seven countries requiring such reports.
- While the evidence is overwhelming that the Israeli military is indeed guilty of such violations, the report issued this month by the Biden administration concluded that the evidence was not sufficient to justify reducing arms sales.
A left-wing podcast has named Biden and three key advisers who are blocking any reduction in arms or military support to Israel:
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken,
- national security adviser Jake Sullivan, and
- Brett McGurk, the president’s Middle East coordinator.
They are all standing firm in resisting the pressure to reduce support for Israel, despite unprecedented criticism. Annelle Sheline, a former State Department official who resigned in protest over the administration’s handling of Gaza observed that “in general, the administration seems to view Israel's military operations in Gaza as a PR issue, rather than grappling with the significant political as well as moral questions raised by Israeli actions.” Sheline had previously worked for the Quincy Institute, which publishes Responsible Statecraft. . ."
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