{"id":2098182,"date":"2023-11-14T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-staffers-sign-letter-accusing-israel-of-war-crimes\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:58:02","slug":"state-department-staffers-sign-letter-accusing-israel-of-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-staffers-sign-letter-accusing-israel-of-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Staffers Sign Letter Accusing Israel Of War Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-staffers-sign-letter-accusing-israel-of-war-crimes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2098182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A number of State Department staffers joined with staffers from the Agency for International Development \u2014 100 in total \u2014 in criticizing President Joe Biden\u2019s response to the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Israel declared a state of war with Hamas after terrorists breached the border on October 7, slaughtering 1,200 Israelis \u2013 most of them civilians \u2013 and kidnapping more than 200, taking them into Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/13\/biden-gaza-hamas-policy-state-department-memo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios report<\/a> published on Monday, a five-page internal memo referred to as a dissent cable was \u201corganized by a junior diplomat\u201d and accused Biden of failing to deescalate the situation when Israel began to retaliate against Hamas \u2014 in addition to accusing Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The dissent cable was written by Sylvia Yacoub \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/04\/genocide-biden-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identified by Axios<\/a> as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Middle East Affairs \u2014 who criticized Biden directly via X in early November. \u201cYou are providing significantly more military assistance to the government that is indiscriminately attacking innocent Gazans \u2026. you are complicit in genocide @POTUS,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming that Israel had cut off electricity to Gaza and restricted aid, the memo alleged that those actions \u2014 and the Israel Defense Forces\u2019 targeted strikes on Hamas leaders and weapons\u2019 stores \u2014 \u201call constitute war crimes and\/or crimes against humanity under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet we have failed to reassess our posture towards Israel. We doubled down on our unwavering military assistance to the (Israeli government) without clear or actionable redlines,\u201d the memo continued, arguing that Israel\u2019s response to Hamas should have caused the United States to adjust its policy.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700049368045000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3IkzXtKwtxiza1nNnlEg4X\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the White House and (the National Security Council) displayed a clear disregard for the lives of Palestinians, a documented unwillingness to de-escalate, and, even prior to October 7, a reckless lack of strategic foresight,\u201d the memo continued, going on to chastise the Biden administration for refusing to take the word of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry when it came to assessing the number of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the dissent within the State Department, saying in a memo to staffers, \u201cI know that for many of you, the suffering caused by this crisis is taking a profound personal toll. The anguish that comes with seeing the daily images of babies, children, elderly people, women, and other civilians suffering in this crisis is wrenching. I feel it myself. Some people in the Department may disagree with approaches we are taking or have views on what we can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of State Department staffers joined with staffers from the Agency for International Development \u2014 100 in total \u2014 in criticizing President Joe Biden\u2019s response to the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. 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