Human rights group Amnesty International this week called on President Biden to immediately halt arms transfers to Israel after Israel reiterated its suspicions that the military is violating international law.
Amnesty International stated: Monday’s post A new study provided to the Biden administration details that weapons provided by the U.S. to Israel are “used in grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and in ways inconsistent with U.S. law and policy.” It was revealed that.
“Despite our investigation showing otherwise, the Biden administration is violating international humanitarian law with US-supplied weapons,” said Amanda Krasing, country director for government relations at Amnesty International USA. It is shocking that the Biden administration continues to insist that it has not.” i disagree. ”
“President Biden must end U.S. complicity in the Israeli government’s grave violations of international law and immediately halt arms transfers to the Israeli government,” Krasing said in a statement.
The organization’s call comes as the White House faces a May 8 deadline to certify to Congress that weapons provided by the United States to Israel are used in accordance with international law. Some reports suggest there is friction within the State Department over the issue.
Last week, Amnesty International over 20 Human rights groups, refugee groups, and religious advocacy groups called on the United States to block arms transfers to Israel, saying the move “further heightens the risk that the United States will be complicit in serious international crimes committed by Israel.”
Amnesty International said it has found that Israel has used US-made weapons on several occasions in violation of international law. These include the use of Joint Direct Attack Weapons bombs in October in an attack that killed 43 civilians, mostly children and women, in the Gaza Strip.
The group has also been involved in the use of white phosphorous (a flammable chemical that must be used with caution in war) in southern Lebanon and in four Israeli airstrikes in Gaza between December and January that killed civilians. It also recorded that 95 people died, about half of whom died. The kids.
Amnesty also cited verifiable photographs showing that Israel carried out an illegal attack in southern Lebanon in October that killed seven journalists, even though their identities had been clearly identified.
In a report to the Biden administration, human rights groups said Israel also failed to take necessary precautions to protect civilian lives, citing emergency evacuation notices and indiscriminate attacks, and that the Israeli military It said it was treating Gaza inhumanely and restricting humanitarian aid to Gaza. .
More than 34,000 Palestinians were killed in Gaza after Israel launched a war with the militant group Hamas in retaliation for the October riots. Approximately 1,200 people were killed in the attack on the 7th. In the attack, Hamas also abducted about 250 hostages from southern Israel, leaving 130 people dead or alive in Gaza.
Israel continues to act in Gaza despite international pressure for more restraint, including from Mr. Biden, who wants to minimize deaths and alleviate the dire humanitarian crisis on the coast while supporting U.S. allies. continues to wage war.
Despite growing frustration over casualties in the Gaza Strip, Biden continues to provide arms to Israel, signing a $26 billion package last week authorizing more military aid to Israel.
The crisis in Gaza has become further complicated since the International Criminal Court (ICC) reportedly began considering issuing arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials and Hamas leaders in connection with the ongoing war.
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