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April 29, 2024

U.S. Decides Not to Sanction Israeli Military as Officials Warn Blinken U.S. Weapons Used Unlawfully
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The U.S. State Department has decided against placing sanctions on the
Israeli military despite a finding that three Israeli units had
committed "gross human rights violations" against Palestinians in the
occupied West Bank prior to October 7. Last week, there were press
reports that the Biden administration was preparing to impose sanctions
on Netzah Yehuda, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish battalion, but the
administration has since reversed course.

In other State Department news, Reuters is reporting some senior
officials within the department have advised Secretary of State Antony
Blinken that Israel is not using U.S.-supplied weapons in accordance
with international law. In a memo to Blinken, the officials cite the
"unconscionably high levels of civilian harm" and Israel's "killing
humanitarian workers and journalists at an unprecedented rate."


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