The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
May 13, 2024

State Dept. Report Finds Israel Likely Violated International and U.S. Law Using U.S. Weapons
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A new report by the U.S. State Department has concluded Israel likely
used U.S. weapons in violation of U.S. and international law, but the
report claims the Biden administration has not yet found specific
instances that could force the U.S. to withhold military aid. The
findings came in a report issued Friday to Congress. Former State
Department official Josh Paul, who resigned over Biden's Gaza policy,
criticized what he described as a "self-contradictory" report.

Josh Paul: "It does say that it is reasonable to assume that U.S.
weapons have been used to commit violations of international
humanitarian law, and yet it does not say that Israel has violated
international humanitarian law. It does say that Israel has restricted
humanitarian assistance into Gaza, and yet it says that currently Israel
is not restricting U.S.-funded humanitarian assistance in Gaza, which is
an absurd thing to say, given that the IDF is at this moment closing,
and has closed for several days, the Rafah crossing point, which is the
main entry point for humanitarian assistance."



.