“It’s clear that there have been violations,” one humanitarian official said. “Frankly, why are people starving and why did you finally decide to drop aid from the sky or build a very expensive port if you yourself had not determined that aid is being blocked?”
Well quite. If the report says everything is fine, it's ridiculous, and if it says there have been violations: why the fuck didn't you notice when the rest of us did?
Oh I'm sure he did notice, the question is probably more of "why did you keep sending them aid" to which the answer is probably something like trying to keep a stable power balance in the middle east since Israel is like, our only consistant ally out there, but considering both the abuses of power Israel has committed and the general poor record of US middle eastern interventions, I don't think very many people will be happy with that explanation.
The Biden administration is rushing to finish a high-stakes report due to Congress this week on whether Israel has violated international humanitarian law during its war in Gaza — a determination that could lead to significant repercussions and further inflame divisions at home and abroad.
The report has been the subject of intense debate for months across the administration and has already led to deep divisions inside the State Department, where some offices have expressed doubt over Israel’s assurances that it has used US weapons without violating international law during its 7-month war in Gaza.
Israel appears on the precipice of an incursion into the southern city of Rafah, something President Joe Biden has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against.
Meanwhile Hamas and Israel remain unable to reach a ceasefire and hostage release agreement as numerous American universities cancel graduation ceremonies after pro-Palestinian protests erupted on campuses over the past few weeks.
Israeli officials, deeply wary that its findings could increase pressure on Biden to condition US military aid to Israel, have been in close touch with the administration as the report has developed, congressional sources said.
Last month, more than two dozen House Democrats wrote a blistering letter to administration officials saying that “a failure to question, at a minimum, the Netanyahu government’s assurances” is antithetical to the national security memorandum’s purpose.
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