{"id":2243637,"date":"2024-05-13T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-officer-resigns-over-continued-us-support-for-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T16:16:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T20:16:55","slug":"army-officer-resigns-over-continued-us-support-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-officer-resigns-over-continued-us-support-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Military leader quits due to ongoing US backing of Israel"},"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%2Farmy-officer-resigns-over-continued-us-support-for-israel%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=2243637&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>Major Harrison Mann,\u2062 a \u2062Defense Intelligence Agency officer, resigned in \u200cprotest\u200d of the\u2064 enduring US military support for Israel. Mann expressed\u2064 deep concern over \u200dthe \u200bconsequences of \u2062this support, particularly regarding the suffering of innocent Palestinians. This resignation reflects a \u200dgrowing trend of officials leaving their positions in\u200b objection to the US&#8217;s stance on Israel.\u2063 Major Harrison Mann,\u2063 a \u2064Defense\u2062 Intelligence Agency officer, resigned in protest of the ongoing US military aid to Israel. His\u2062 concern focused on\u2064 the impact of this support, especially on the plight of innocent Palestinians. His\u2062 resignation mirrors a trend of officials dissenting against\u200d the US\u200b position on Israel.  <\/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>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/army\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Army<\/a> officer assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency has resigned in protest over the United States\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-terrible-biden-stories-the-legacy-media-buried-last-week\/\" title=\"3 Terrible Biden Stories The Legacy Media Buried Last Week\">continued military support<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Harrison Mann said he resigned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>DIA<\/a> over the \u201cnearly unqualified [U.S.] support\u201d for Israel, \u201cwhich has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians [in Gaza].\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe past months have presented us with the most horrific and heartbreaking images imaginable \u2014 sometimes playing on the news in our own space \u2014 and I have been unable to ignore the connection between those images and my duties here,\u201d he said in a slightly edited version of his resignation letter, which he posted on LinkedIn. \u201cThis caused me incredible shame and guilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mann referenced his European Jewish ancestry, noting he was \u201chaunted\u201d by what he believed was his failure to live up to the \u201cunforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mann is the latest in a series of administration officials employed by various government agencies who have resigned in protest of the U.S.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">continued support<\/a> for Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Senior State\u00a0Department official\u00a0Josh\u00a0Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2452579\/state-department-veteran-quits-over-biden-administrations-continued-lethal-assistance-to-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"resigned\">resigned<\/a> last October from his role as Bureau of Political-Military Affairs director over the U.S. sending \u201cblind\u201d \u201ccontinued lethal assistance\u201d to Israel, while Hala Rharrit, the Arabic language spokeswoman for the department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2991177\/us-diplomat-resign-biden-approach-gaza-war-silenced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>resigned<\/a> in late April. Annelle Sheline, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-staffers-sign-letter-accusing-israel-of-war-crimes\/\" title=\"State Department Staffers Sign Letter Accusing Israel Of War Crimes\">foreign affairs officer<\/a> on a two-year contract with the State Department, also resigned in March.<\/p>\n<p>While it has not appeared that any active-duty defense officials have resigned over U.S. policy toward the war, one self-immolated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old Air Force serviceman, self-immolated outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., as he screamed: \u201cFree Palestine.\u201d Bushnell later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has largely supported Israel\u2019s military response and its fight against Hamas and has provided them with billions of dollars of aid since then. President Joe Biden\u2019s administration did recently decide to pause one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-halted-ukraine-military-aid-ahead-of-putin-meeting\/\" title=\"Biden White House Halted Ukraine Military Aid Ahead Of Putin Meeting\">military aid package<\/a> that included thousands of large bombs due to the concerns it had if Israel attempted to use them in Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>More than a million Palestinians have fled to Rafah during the war, a city along Gaza\u2019s southern border with Egypt, but it\u2019s also Hamas\u2019s last remaining stronghold in Gaza. The U.S. does not support full-scale Israeli operations in Rafah, but Israeli leaders have repeatedly said they have to go into Rafah in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive\/\" title=\"If The Media Had Investigated Cuomo\u2019s COVID Response The Way They Did Cruz\u2019s Cancun Trip, Thousands Of New Yorkers Could Still Be Alive\">full force<\/a> to accomplish their objectives.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israel has conducted limited operations in portions of Rafah over the last week, while the United Nations Relief and Works Agency\u00a0for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has said that nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah in the last week or so since Israel urged people to leave.<\/p>\n<p>More than 34,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed during the war, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. The figure does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu <\/a>said last week that Israeli forces have killed 14,000 terrorists and roughly 16,000 civilians. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Harrison Mann, a Defense Intelligence Agency officer, resigns over enduring US military aid to Israel. 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