The Biden administration has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has violated international law, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday.
In the administration’s most detailed assessment of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, the State Department said in a written report to Congress that Israel “has the knowledge, experience and tools to implement best practices for mitigating civilian harm in its military operations.”
But it added that “the results on the ground, including high levels of civilian casualties, raise substantial questions” as to whether the Israel Defense Forces are using them sufficiently.
May have?
Our State Dept seems to be a few months behind.
If they didn’t find any evidence it means they weren’t looking for it. Or even were actively avoiding widely reported incidents.
I feel the same way
But in terms of international politics such accusations must be made carefully and with substantial evidence
I feel they could have had that evidence awhile ago but I’m hoping they took this long to make sure to get as many as possible correctly in the net of “Violating International Law”. For example substantial evidence that goes very high up the chain of command of the Israeli military.
Any Steven Universe fans?
Or we’re going to find out this was dated in October and buried until now