The dozen signatories on a joint statement represent a
wide spectrum of government staff, including former employees of the State
Department, Department of Interior and White House, as well as former military
officers. They resigned in protest at different times over the nine months
of Israel’s war against Hamas following the US-designated terrorist group’s October
07 attack.
“Both
our individual and common experiences demonstrate an Administration that has
prioritized politics over just and fair policymaking; profit over national
security; falsehoods over facts; directives over debate; ideology over
experience, and special interest over the equal enforcement of the law,” they
wrote.
“The impact of these injustices has resulted in tens of
thousands of innocent Palestinian lives taken, reflecting a clear picture to
the world of whose lives matter, and whose lives simply do not to United States
policy makers. As members of the United States Government, each of us witnessed
this abrogation of American values, leading us to resign.”
The twelve wrote that they have grave concerns with current
US policy towards the crisis in Gaza, and US policies and practices
towards Palestine and Israel more broadly.
The statement lays out six policy recommendations for
the administration to implement, calling for the US to faithfully execute the
law related to American weapons deliveries to Israel.
“The Administration is currently willfully violating
multiple US laws and attempting to deny or distort facts, use loopholes, or
manipulate processes to ensure a continuous flow of lethal weapons to
Israel,” the statement reads.
The
signatories call for the US to exert all leverage to bring fighting to a halt,
secure the release of Israeli hostages from Hamas and the release of
Palestinian minors in Israeli jails; surge humanitarian support to Gaza;
support of self-determination for the Palestinian people and “an end to
military occupation and settlements, including in the West Bank and East
Jerusalem.”
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