A leaked internal memo obtained by Politico reveals staffers at the State Department are upset at the Biden administration's Israel policy and are demanding a ceasefire.
State Department staffers wrote a scathing internal memo urging the Biden administration to change its public stance toward Israel and support a ceasefire, Politico has reported. The leaked memo was submitted to the department's Dissent Channel, where employees are invited to express policy disagreements, the outlet said. It is the latest incident showing internal strife within the department over the U.S. support for its closest ally in the Middle East. The message reportedly demands the U.
We must publicly criticize Israel’s violations of international norms such as failure to limit offensive operations to legitimate military targets,' the memo reportedly states. 'When Israel supports settler violence and illegal land seizures or employs excessive use of force against Palestinians, we must communicate publicly that this goes against our American values so that Israel does not act with impunity.
cannot work in support of a set of major policy decisions, including rushing more arms to one side of the conflict, that I believe to be shortsighted, destructive, unjust, and contradictory to the very values that we publicly espouse,' he wrote to announce his resignation.
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