{"id":2236794,"date":"2024-05-03T18:13:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-us-diplomat-to-resign-over-bidens-approach-to-israel-hamas-war-says-she-was-silenced\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T22:15:25","slug":"first-us-diplomat-to-resign-over-bidens-approach-to-israel-hamas-war-says-she-was-silenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-us-diplomat-to-resign-over-bidens-approach-to-israel-hamas-war-says-she-was-silenced\/","title":{"rendered":"First American diplomat resigns due to Biden&#8217;s handling of Israel-Hamas conflict, claiming she was muzzled"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ffirst-us-diplomat-to-resign-over-bidens-approach-to-israel-hamas-war-says-she-was-silenced%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=2236794&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>Hala Rharrit, a veteran at the State\u2063 Department for 18 years, resigned after serving as an\u200b Arab language spokeswoman for the \u2064past year and a half due to \u2064disagreements with the\u200d Biden administration&#8217;s stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. She \u200cintended to\u200b advance in her career but felt compelled to\u200b step down, becoming the first career U.S. diplomat to do so. Hala Rharrit, a\u2064 seasoned \u2063State Department veteran with 18 years\u2062 of service, stepped\u2063 down as an Arab language spokeswoman following 1.5 \u200dyears in\u200d the role. Her resignation was \u200bdriven\u200b by diverging views on \u2062the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of\u2063 the\u2062 Israel-Hamas conflict. Despite aspirations for\u2062 career\u2064 progression,\u200b she felt \u2063compelled \u200bto resign, marking the \u200dfirst such instance \u200cin U.S.\u2062 diplomatic history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For the past 18 years, Hala Rharrit has served in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a>, and for the past year and a half, she served as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arab<\/a> language spokeswoman until announcing her resignation due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration\u2019s<\/a> policy on the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had full intentions of continuing on in my career until I reached senior levels,\u201d Rharrit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/03\/politics\/hala-rharrit-us-diplomat-biden-gaza\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CNN. \u201cI never had the intention of resigning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rharrit is the first-known career U.S. diplomat to resign due to the Biden administration\u2019s position on the more than six-month-long conflict. Now, reportedly, two other State Department officials, Josh Paul and Annelle Sheline, have also resigned for the same reason. <\/p>\n<p>While absolutely horrified by the Oct. 7 attacks, Rharrit grew wary of the Biden administration\u2019s decision to send a constant supply of weapons to Israel as Israel\u2019s air strikes killed aid workers, children, and other civilians. So far, local officials report more than 34,000 Gazans have died as a result of the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was seeing on a daily basis the images that were going viral in the Arab world of all of the dead children,\u201d Rharrit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2024\/04\/30\/hala-rharrit-resigns-biden-gaza-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cHow can it not get to you as a human being, as a mother? And it was devastating to know that it was our bombs that were killing those children, most likely. And more devastating to know that despite all of their deaths, we\u2019re still sending more arms because somehow we think that that\u2019s the solution. It\u2019s insane. Diplomacy, not arms, is what we need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rharrit canceled all interviews centered on the United States\u2019s Gaza policy, citing that the talking points given to her were \u201cprovocative\u201d and often ignored the plight of the Palestinian people. <\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he welcomed diverse views, held multiple town halls with diplomats, and reads the messages that come through the department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-u-s-officials-in-afghanistan-warned-biden-admin-in-july-about-dire-conditions-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: U.S. Officials In Afghanistan Warned Biden Admin In July About Dire Conditions, Report Says\">dissent channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Rharrit said some in the State Department were receptive to her views, others \u201csilenced\u201d and \u201csidelined\u201d her. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe secretary reads every single one of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-threat-of-criminal-contempt-blinken-will-share-portion-of-classified-afghan-docs\/\" title=\"Blinken to Share Classified Afghan Docs or Face Criminal Contempt.\">dissent channel cables<\/a> and dissenting viewpoints from across the administration,\u201d State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said. \u201cWe continue to welcome them, and we think that it helps lead to stronger, more robust policymaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News of Rharrit\u2019s resignation comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/absence-of-ideological-diversity-on-the-view-is-breeding-dangerous-ideas-such-as-a-police-state\/\" title=\"Absence Of Ideological Diversity On \u2018The View\u2019 Is Breeding Dangerous Ideas, Such As A Police State\">public dissent<\/a> to the Biden administration\u2019s approach grows. More than 2,000 anti-Israel protesters have been arrested on college campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hala Rharrit, a State Department veteran for 18 years, was the Arab language spokeswoman for a year and a half. She resigned citing disagreements with Biden&#8217;s Israel-Hamas policy. 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