Though NSM-20 imposes no new legal requirements, it also asks Secretary of State Antony Blinken to report to Congress by May 8 on whether he believes Israel has complied with the assurances.
But an internal State Department memo ― obtained by Reuters and published Saturday ― was jointly submitted to Blinken, and included four bureaus who said they do not find “credible or reliable” the Israeli government’s pledge that its military is using weapons supplied by the U.S. in accordance with international humanitarian law.
The senior officials reportedly cited eight examples of Israeli military action in the memo that could be considered such violations ― including the repeated bombing of protected sites and civilian infrastructure, a massive level of civilian harm, the lack of accountability for those who cause significant civilian harm, and the killing of journalists and humanitarian workers. The bureaus also cited nearly a dozen instances that the Israeli military would “arbitrarily restrict humanitarian aid,” according to Reuters.
The genocide is probably breaking international law too, but at this point, who’s keeping track?
Oh I’m sure there’s some closet in the pentagon that’s keeping excruciatingly close track.
Too bad nobody listens to closet gremlins.
Unlikely. The ICJ and ICC assess and enforce international law.
Blinken is as pro genocide as Biden, that’s why Biden made him SoS…
Don’t expect either of them to do the right thing
Vote genocide, no matter who!
A vote against Fascism is a vote for Fascism!
it’s Incredible that they wrote a memo about this. I thought it was just a fringe extremist left opinion
Wonder if all these pro-Israel pundits who said “The US finds no wrongdoing” will walk back their claims that no laws are being violated and that Israel is only doing what is necessary…
