State Department official resigns over U.S. support for Israel's actions in Gaza
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A State Department official has resigned over what he says is the Biden administration's decision to keep sending arms to Israel even as it imposes a siege on Gaza that violates international law according to the U.N.
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A State Department official has resigned over what he says is the Biden administration's decision to keep sending arms to Israel even as it imposes a siege on Gaza that violates international law according to the U.N.
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Josh Paul, who was the director of congressional and public affairs at the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations, about why he resigned.
Josh Paul tells NPR why the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas conflict pushed him to quit the bureau that oversees arms transfers to foreign nations. Experts say it's unlikely to change much.
A State Department official resigned Wednesday over stepped-up military aid to Israel, writing in a note explaining his decision that Israel’s U.S.-supported response to Hamas’s attack would lead to more suffering for both Israelis and Palestinians. “I fear we are repeating the same mistakes we hav
Josh Paul has resigned from the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, in a lengthy statement on why he thought President Biden was wrong on Israel's war with Hamas.
By Sharif Paget, CNN (CNN) — A State Department official has resigned from the agency over the Biden administration’s approach to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the official announced on LinkedIn Wednesday.
A longtime State Department official resigned Wednesday over President Biden’s decision to provide lethal arms to Israel as it wages war on Hamas terrorists.
The official, who worked in the division overseeing the transfer of arms to allies, said the administration's decisions contributed to his having to make an unbearable moral compromise.
Josh Paul, who served for over a decade in the agency’s bureau that oversees U.S. arms sales resigned this week, cited the continued "provision of lethal arms to Israel" in a letter explaining his resignation.
