US State Department falsified report to claim Israel 'not blocking Gaza aid'

The state department falsified a report earlier this month to absolve Israel of responsibility for blocking humanitarian aid flows into Gaza, overruling the advice of its own experts, according to a former senior US official who resigned this week. Stacy Gilbert left her post as senior civil military adviser in the state department’s bureau of population, refugees and migration, on Tuesday. She had been one of the department’s subject matter experts who drafted the report mandated under national security memorandum 20 (NSM-20) and published on 10 May. The NSM-20 report found that it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel had used US weapons in a way that was “inconsistent” with international humanitarian law, but that there was not enough concrete evidence to link specific US-supplied weapons to violations. Even more controversially, the report said the state department did not “currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance” in Gaza. It was a high-stakes judgment because under a clause in the Foreign Assistance Act, the US would be obliged to cut arms sales and security assistance to any country found to have blocked delivery of US aid. Gilbert, a 20-year veteran of the state department who has worked in several war zones, said that report’s conclusion went against the overwhelming view of state department experts who were consulted on the report. She said there was general agreement that while other factors impeded the flow of aid into Gaza at a time when famine has begun to take hold of its 2.3 million population – such as lack of security, caused by Hamas, Israeli military operations and the desperation of Palestinians to find food – it was clear that Israel was playing a role in limiting the amount of food and medical supplies crossing the border into Gaza. “There is consensus among the humanitarian community on that. It is absolutely the opinion of the humanitarian subject matter experts in the state department, and not just in my bureau – people who look at this from the intelligence community and from other bureaus. I would be very hard pressed to think of anyone who has said [Israeli obstruction] is not an issue,” Gilbert said. “That’s why I object to that report saying that Israel is not blocking humanitarian assistance. That is patently false.”

Another week, another bunch of Biden's lies

Genocide Joe now says he's worked out a great cease-fire for Israel. Israel, of course, says it's going to slaughter Gazans for 7 more months. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/top-israeli-official-says-fighting-in-gaza-likely-to-last-at-least-another-7-months/ar-BB1nhivp)

Read the lies here: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/31/politics/biden-middle-east-remarks

There isn't any more reason to believe this than the falsified NSM-20 report (https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/stacy-gilbert-us-state-department-israel-gaza-aid)

Or than Biden's supposed "red line" on Rafah (https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2024/05/israel-tests-red-lines-rafah-what-will-biden-tolerate)

Or the worthless pier, which wasted a month and then lasted for about a week, while delivering very little aid (and some military equipment).

And Biden continues to personally deny that Israel is commiting genocide, while he promotes racist lies about Arabs and ancient evils.

This is just a campaign speech. It doesn't mean anything.

This isn't good enough.

If you are in Biden and the Democrats' political coalition, then do what you want. I'm not gonna tell you how to vote or not to vote.

I will tell you to make a plan for when he treats your rights and your humanity the way he does Gazans. What will you do when he turns his back on queer rights and reproductive rights?

But I'm not in his coalition. My family aren't people to him. We are just pawns and collateral damage. An acceptable sacrifice.

May 9, 2024 👇

May 28, 2024 👇

And today, May 31, 2024 👇

Empty words and empty promises.

Stop funding Israel. Stop funding genocide.

Free Palestine.

Ce samedi 1er juin 2024 à 15h Place de la République à #Lille #alleyesonrafah #palestine

This Saturday June 1, 2024 at 3 p.m. Place de la République in #Lille #alleyesonrafah #palestine

@radicalgraff @kropotkindersurprise @anarchistmemecollective @antifainternational

The Devil Himself

Even the devil himself acknowledged the tragedy in Rafah, yet there remain individuals who defend Israel’s actions, despite the genocide and war crimes.

By Jews Against Zionism

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Hopefully this becomes a reality and if it does then this is huge

"if I were in Nazi Germany, I would have--" you would have voted for Hitler and insisted that he was progressive because his goals align with your own.

"If I were alive in slavery times I would have--" you would have condemned slave revolts and fought to keep slavery legal because you'd be too afraid of what would happen to the poor rich white slave owners if Black people were given basic human rights.

"if I were alive in -- " you're alive right now. And you're choosing to support genocide. You are shame of all descendants of this planet.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people

🔴À Paris les FDO s'attaquent également aux journalistes qui suivent la manifestation en soutien à la Palestine, contre le génocide et contre les massacres à Gaza et Rafah.

🔴In Paris the FDO also attack journalists who follow the demonstration in support of Palestine, against the genocide and against the massacres in Gaza and Rafah.

📽️ extrait du live Instagram de NnoMan