New US Govt Official Quits Citing Biden’s ‘Funding and Enabling’ of Gaza Genocide — July 3rd
At least a dozen US officials have resigned since October in opposition to Washington’s continued support of Israel’s campaign of genocide
The White House on 2 July was hit by a new resignation from an official opposing President Joe Biden’s unrestrained support for the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
“I am resigning today from my position as a Biden administration appointee in the Department of the Interior.
As a Muslim American, I cannot continue working for an administration that ignores the voices of its diverse staff by continuing to fund and enable Israel’s genocide of Palestinians,” Maryam Hassanein, the former special assistant and assistant secretary for land and minerals management, said in a letter posted on social media.
“Instead of using US leverage to stop the killing, President Biden has continued funding this violence, while fueling hate crimes against Palestinian Americans by repeating anti-Arab tropes and outright lies,” Hassanein’s letter adds.
Her resignation came just hours before 12 former US government officials who quit in opposition to the Israeli genocide of Palestinians issued a joint public statement recommending the White House “change course,” calling Biden’s policy on Gaza “a failure and a threat to US national security” that “dehumanizes both Palestinians and Jews.”
“This failed policy has not achieved its stated objectives – it has not made Israelis any safer, it has emboldened extremists while it has been devastating for the Palestinian people, ensuring a vicious cycle of poverty and hopelessness, with all the implications of that cycle, for generations to come.
As a group of dedicated Americans in service of our country, we insist that there is another way,” the joint statement reads.
“Our nation’s political and economic interests across the region have also been significantly harmed, while US credibility has been deeply undermined worldwide at a time we need it most, when the world is characterized by a new era of strategic competition.
Who does not now laugh when Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken describes the ‘rules-based international order’ while simultaneously undermining it in favor of Israel?” the statement goes on to add.
Several US military and government officials have resigned since October in protest against Washington’s support of Israel.
Source: The Cradle
