us research institute report: us weapons have become the "accomplices" of the israeli army in the gaza strip
2024-08-29
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"american materials are involved in almost every aspect of israel's military operations against gaza." the quincy institute for statecraft published an analysis report on its website on the 26th, listing various types of weapons and equipment provided by the united states that have been used in large quantities by the israeli army since the outbreak of the current round of palestinian-israeli conflict. the report also detailed the role of american weapons in 20 "war crimes" that the israeli army may have committed.
"gaza collapse: israel may have used american weapons to commit war crimes 20 times". the "state governance strategy" website published a report on the 26th with this title. the report bluntly stated,“the 20 cases cited are only a small fraction of the cases in which u.s. aircraft, artillery shells and bombs are suspected of aiding the israeli army in human rights violations.”
the report details the 20 incidents by type of u.s. weaponry involved in israeli war crimes in gaza.the us weapons involved include 14,100 2,000-pound bombs, 2,600 small-diameter bombs, 3,000 hellfire missiles, and a large number of 120mm tank shells and 155mm artillery shells.
taking the hellfire missile as an example, the report pointed out that on june 8, the israeli army attacked the nusayret refugee camp and other areas in the central gaza strip, killing nearly 300 palestinians. american-made apache helicopters fired several hellfire missiles at the nusayret refugee camp. at least two hellfire missile wreckages were also found in a damaged residential building.
us remains secretive about arms sales to israel
in addition, the report said that the us government approved a new round of arms sales to israel worth about $20 billion in the middle of this month. earlier, us media reported that the biden administration had quietly approved more than 100 arms sales to israel, but the biden administration intended to keep the amount of each arms sale below the "threshold" for formally notifying congress, so these arms sales were not made public. the report said that the united states did not shy away from promoting arms sales to many other countries, including advocating that arms sales to ukraine were beneficial to us employment, but was very secretive about arms sales to israel and how the israeli army used us weapons. almost all the known information about arms sales to israel was dug up by the media.
if the us really cares about innocent lives, it can refuse to sell arms to israel
the report also mentioned that the us government admitted that israel may use us weapons to "violate human rights", but claimed that there was not enough evidence to link us weapons to specific violations. the report criticized that the us officials' excuses were not credible at all, and the existing information was sufficient to prove israel's actions. if the biden administration really cares about the lives of innocent palestinians, it can stop its atrocities by refusing to provide israel with the tools to commit violence.
