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State Department official resigns after Biden administration says Israel not blocking Gaza aid (www.middleeasteye.net)

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A career State Department official resigned from her post on Tuesday, saying she could no longer work for the Biden administration after it released a report concluding that Israel was not preventing the flow of aid to Gaza.

Stacy Gilbert, who served as a senior civilian-military advisor to the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), sent an email to staff saying she was resigning because she felt the State Department had made the wrong assessment, The Washington Post reported, citing officials who read the note.

The report was filed in response to President Joe Biden issuing a national security memorandum (NSM-20) in early February on whether the administration finds credible Israel's assurances that its use of US weapons do not violate either American or international law.

The report said there were reasonable grounds to believe Israel on several occasions had used American-supplied weapons "inconsistent" with international humanitarian law, but said it could not make a definitive assessment - enough to prevent the suspension of arms transfers.

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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Gretchen Whitmer, plus she can win Michigan, which has been lost to the genocide.

[-] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

ROFL! She’s not even running. My god man… you people really need representation. You’re al over the place. How on earth can you expect to be taken seriously when you answer a question about who can beat Trump in the 2024 election….

And your answer is someone that’s not even running?

Get someone to speak for you if you want to be taken seriously.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

The question:

So what's your solution? Who has a better shot at winning the election in November if they started campaigning today?

I answered it. Now, you’re moving the goalposts and they have to be running? And you want me to take you seriously? Lol

[-] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago

You’re mistaken, I never once said “if they start campaigning today.”

And even if she started campaigning, she STILL doesn’t have a chance.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Oh really:

Whitmer insists she has no interest in replacing Biden on the ticket this fall, but experts say the governor could be a top pick for Democrats should the president still decide — or be forced — to bow out of the race.

[-] JimSamtanko@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago

Really. That was written in January, and it’s essentially an op-ed piece.

Come on man. Do better.

[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Why? I don’t need to. I answered MegaUltraChicken’s question.

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