the white house was exposed for ignoring warnings! 'the report sends chills down the spine'
2024-10-06
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reuters disclosed on the 4th that at the beginning of the conflict in gaza last october, officials from the u.s. department of defense and state department warned through internal channels that israel’s military operations would lead to a humanitarian disaster and may violate international law. the white house not only failed to pay attention to it, but also accelerated the response. provide weapons to israel.
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according to emails obtained by senior officials of the u.s. department of defense and state department sent to their superiors between october 11 and 14 last year, reuters said in a special report that on october 13 last year, a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict broke out within a few days, dana strauer, then the deputy assistant secretary of defense for middle east affairs, wrote in an email to the president’s senior aide that the civilian evacuation period prescribed before israel launched a ground offensive in gaza was too short and would triggering a humanitarian disaster and potentially violating international law.
the report said that strauer wrote the above-mentioned email based on an unpublished assessment report by the international committee of the red cross, which sent "chills down the spine."
another email sent to senior state department officials on october 11 by bill russo, then assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, wrote that the u.s. government was indifferent to the humanitarian tragedy of palestinian civilians, which did nothing to quell the conflict. effect, or even counterproductive. not only that, "by remaining silent on israel's atrocities against palestinian civilians, the united states will be accused of being complicit in possible war crimes."
russo said that if the u.s. government does not correct its remarks and measures against israeli military actions as soon as possible, the u.s.'s credibility in the middle east will be at risk of being damaged in the next few years. russo resigned in march this year, citing personal reasons.
according to reports, brett mcgurk, the coordinator for middle east and north africa affairs at the u.s. national security council, was unimpressed after reading russo's email and responded that if the email was asking whether the biden administration should press for a ceasefire, the answer would be " no". at the same time, u.s. officials still emphasize that israel has the right to self-defense and plan to provide military assistance to israel.
the report also revealed that although some internal officials expressed concerns about the united states providing weapons to israel, at the urging of israel, the u.s. state department decided to accelerate the supply of weapons to israel. at that time, the bureau of democracy, human rights, and labor affairs of the u.s. department of state conducted a review of the possibility that weapons aided by israel could be misused by israel. the bureau recommended halting 16 batches of weapons aided to israel on the grounds that the israeli border patrol might violate human rights when using these weapons. however, the recommendations were not adopted and the relevant weapons were still approved for supply to israel.
since the outbreak of a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict in october last year, israel's military operations in the gaza strip have killed more than 41,000 palestinians and injured more than 96,000.
on the 4th of this month, biden attended the white house regular press conference for the first time since taking office as president of the united states. in response to a question about the situation in the middle east, he said that israel has the right to resist attacks from iran, lebanese hezbollah and yemen's houthi armed forces, but "must be more careful in dealing with civilian casualties."
source: people's daily
