USA: Former senior officials in the US administration break their silence about Joe Biden

An unprecedented series of resignations of senior officials in the American administration, which began immediately after the outbreak of the war, reveals a deep crisis in American policy regarding Gaza, as announced yesterday (Sunday) on the investigative program “60 Minutes” on the CBS network. At least 13 senior officials, including diplomats and military personnel from the State Department, the White House and the military, left their positions during the months of fighting in protest of the president’s support Joe Biden in Israel

The first to resign, only ten days after the October 7 attack, was Josh Paulwho served for 11 years as director of the State Department’s political-military division and was responsible for approving arms deals for allies. According to him, immediately after the attack, in which about 1,200 Israelis were murdered and about 250 were kidnapped, unequivocal instructions were received at the State Department: “There was no discussion. We were instructed to quickly approve any Israeli request. It came directly from the president, the secretary and those around them.”

Since the beginning of the war, the United States has provided military aid amounting to 18 billion dollars, most of it in the form of weapons funded by the American taxpayer. “Every bomb that falls in Gaza is connected to the United States,” testified Paul, “every bomb that falls from an American plane.” Among other things, Israel asked for bombs weighing a ton, which in one bombing in Gaza caused the death of over 100 people, including 81 women and children, according to the British organization Airwars.

During the war he also resigned Andrew MillerDeputy Assistant Secretary of State for Israel-Palestine Affairs. He revealed that despite talks about “American expectations”, no red lines were placed beyond the “usual language” on compliance with international law. “The message Netanyahu received was that he was in control and American support was guaranteed,” he says.

The non-recharitablea veteran diplomat in the American Foreign Service, also resigned during the war. In her position in Dubai, she sent daily reports to Washington documenting the damage in Gaza. “I showed the indisputable involvement – fragments of American bombs next to a massacre of mostly children,” she testified, “in some cases I was scolded: ‘Don’t put these pictures in, we don’t want to see the children starving to death.”

White House officials claim that stopping the supply of weapons to Israel will lead to a longer and more deadly war. However, those resigning warn of the consequences: the head of the FBI already warned in November that the war in Gaza raised the threat of terrorism to America, and the head of the National Counter-Terrorism Center reports that hostility to the US has reached a peak not seen since the Iraq war.

“We worked so hard after the terrorist war to strengthen ties with the Arab world,” said Raharit, who herself survived two terrorist attacks, “this policy puts a target on America’s back.”