{"id":2098990,"date":"2023-11-14T19:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-staffers-sign-open-letter-demanding-gaza-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T19:03:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:03:29","slug":"biden-admin-staffers-sign-open-letter-demanding-gaza-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-staffers-sign-open-letter-demanding-gaza-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Staffers Sign Open Letter Demanding Gaza Ceasefire"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-staffers-sign-open-letter-demanding-gaza-ceasefire%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=2098990&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Administration\u2019s actions to address the climate crisis in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington,\u200c DC, on November 14, 2023.\u2063 (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a> <br \/>3:57 PM \u2013 Tuesday, November 14, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Over\u200c 500 of President \u2064Joe Biden\u2019s administration employees have signed an open letter demanding that the president request a\u200c ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b open letter was released on Tuesday and\u2063 stated the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe represent a coalition of Biden-Harris Administration political appointees\u200b and civil servants, positioned across the domestic and foreign policy spheres, working in federal agencies, departments, independent agencies, and the White House,\u201d the letter\u200b begins. \u201cWe call on President Biden to urgently demand a ceasefire; and to call for de-escalation of the current conflict by securing the immediate release of the Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians; the restoration of water, fuel, electricity and other basic\u200b services; and the passage \u2064of adequate humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter reportedly began circulating two weeks ago by two administration staff members who led the effort.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appointees, the employees\u2063 who signed the open letter\u200c included both senior\u2063 and low-level\u2062 employees, with the majority\u2062 being \u201cpolitical appointees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The staffers reportedly work in several countries and for \u200ba wide variety of agencies, including the\u2064 Executive Office of\u200c the President, as well as the departments of Defense, \u200dInterior, and Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The workers expressed that they were \u201cshocked and saddened\u201d by Biden\u2019s comments last month when he said \u200bthat he believed innocent people had been \u200bkilled in Gaza but that\u2064 it was the \u201cprice of waging a war.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>At the end of the letter, staffers warned that \u201cIf [Biden] fails to act swiftly, [his] legacy will be complicity in the face of genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2064 breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare\u2064 this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden is losing support among Black and Hispanic\u200d voters, according to recent \u2062polling from The New York Times\/Siena College.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Inflation went \u2063up to 3.2% year-over-year, down from 3.7% in September. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>After both parties have failed to reign in government spending, one advocate for fiscal responsibility \u2064says things have got\u2064 to change.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Since the end of\u2062 World War two and the Holocaust, the German government says they have learned from their \u200cnation\u2019s history, and stand firmly with the Jewish people. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chinese companies are buying up U.S. chipmaking equipment despite a raft of new export\u2062 curbs aimed at \u200badvances in the country\u2019s semiconductor industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The FBI has\u200b struggled to \u200dstop a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-staffers-sign-open-letter-demanding-gaza-ceasefire\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Staffers Sign Open Letter Demanding Gaza Ceasefire\">hyper-aggressive cybercrime\u200c gang<\/a> that\u2019s been tormenting corporate America over\u200b the last two years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft and Google will \u200bnot challenge an EU law \u200crequiring them to\u200c make it easier for users to move between competing services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-production-workers-at-kentucky-louisville-vote-against-new-labor-deal\/\" title=\"Ford production workers at Kentucky, Louisville vote against new labor deal\">administration announced steps aimed<\/a> at freeing up additional wireless spectrum for advanced technology needs and soaring wireless demand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What prompted the \u200bemployees\u200b to circulate this \u2063open letter\u200c and express their discontent with \u200bPresident \u2064Biden&#8217;s current stance \u2064on \u200bthe conflict?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 Over 500 employees of \u200dPresident Joe Biden&#8217;s administration have \u200csigned an open letter\u200d urging \u2062the president to \u200brequest a ceasefire\u2064 in the Israel-Hamas war. The letter, released on Tuesday, represents a coalition of political appointees\u2062 and civil servants working\u200c in various federal agencies and departments, including the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The letter calls\u200b on President Biden to urgently demand a ceasefire and to support the de-escalation of the current conflict by securing the release of Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained Palestinians. It also highlights the need for the \u200drestoration of basic services such as water, fuel, and electricity to the Gaza strip, as well as the passage\u2063 of adequate humanitarian \u2063aid.<\/p>\n<p>The effort to circulate the open letter \u2063was initiated two weeks\u200d ago by \u2062two administration staff\u2063 members. The employees who signed the letter include both\u200d senior and low-level staff, with a majority \u2063being political appointees. These individuals \u2062work in\u2063 various countries\u2064 and for a wide range\u2064 of agencies, including\u200c the Executive Office of \u2062the President, as well as the \u2063departments of Defense, Interior,\u200d and\u2064 Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The signatories expressed shock and sadness over President Biden&#8217;s comments last\u2062 month, in which he acknowledged that \u200dinnocent people\u200c had\u2063 been \u200ckilled\u200d in Gaza but\u2064 referred to it as the &#8220;price of waging a war.&#8221; They \u2062believe that if President Biden fails\u200d to act \u2063swiftly in \u2062response \u200dto their demands, his legacy will be one of complicity \u2062in the face of \u2063genocide.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note\u200c that this \u200copen letter\u200d represents\u200c the\u200b personal opinions\u2064 and concerns \u200bof the employees who signed\u200c it. \u200dIt reflects their discontent with President \u200cBiden&#8217;s current\u200b stance \u200don the Israel-Hamas conflict and their \u2062desire\u2064 for immediate action to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation in the region unfolds, it remains to be seen\u2063 how President Biden\u200c will respond to the demands outlined in the open \u200dletter. The \u2064employees who signed it hope\u2063 that\u200b their\u2063 collective voice\u200b will \u200binfluence the administration&#8217;s policies, leading to a more proactive and constructive\u2063 approach to resolving the \u200bconflict and alleviating the suffering of those \u2064affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his Administration\u2019s actions to address the climate crisis in the South Court Auditorium of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2023. 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