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The U.S. State Department said on the 9th that on the same day, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken reiterated the United States' firm support for Israel's security during a phone call with Israeli Defense Minister Galant, and said that the United States would not impose sanctions on the "Yehuda Victory Battalion" under the Israel Defense Forces. A former U.S. official said that this result shows that"The United States lacks the political will and courage to hold Israel accountable"。

The Yehuda Victory Camp has been stationed in the West Bank for a long time. Although its number is not high among the local Israeli troops, it has repeatedly been exposed for violating the human rights of Palestinians. In April this year, many US media reported that the US government was preparing to impose sanctions on the Yehuda Victory Camp on the grounds of violating the human rights of Palestinians in the West Bank.

But the US State Department said on the 9th thatAfter evaluating information provided by the Israeli government, a panel of experts concluded that human rights violations by the Yehuda Victory Camp had been "effectively corrected" and that the force would be able to continue to receive security assistance from the United States.

Former US official: US lacks the will and courage to hold Israel accountable

In this regard, Charles Blaha, a former U.S. State Department official, said that the final decision of the U.S. State Department sent a terrible message to the world.Israel's pressure on the US is workingSuch a decision further undermines America’s diplomatic credibility.

According to CNN, former US State Department official Josh Paul pointed out thatThe United States has never attacked any Israeli militaryThe fact that the United States has imposed sanctions on Israel shows that it lacks the will and courage to hold Israel accountable.。

Earlier, the British newspaper The Guardian pointed out that the Leahy Act, introduced by the United States in the 1990s, requires the US government to review any foreign military units that receive US training or use US weapons to ensure that they do not commit serious human rights violations. However,The United States provides so much military support to Israel without any substantive review.