These officials should have been ostracized and held accountable for their complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
Instead, they’ve been given prestigious posts in Washington, D.C. and in Ivy League universities.
Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken falsified findings of a report to Congress, the NSM-20, so that US weapons to Israel could continue to flow.
Today, Blinken is a board member of the Center for American Progress, a top Washington DC-based think tank.
Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan facilitated weapons transfers from the US to Israel and provided diplomatic cover for Israel’s genocide.
Today he is the Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order at Harvard University’s Kennedy School.
Former Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew blocked experts at the State Department and USAID from delivering their findings to Congress that Israel was blocking aid.
Today Lew is a visiting professor at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University.
Former State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel was tasked with defending the White House's support for Israel's genocide in front of the press.
Today he is senior VP of SKDK, a consulting firm registered as a foreign agent of Israel under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Brett McGurk helped craft disastrous Bush administration policies in Iraq and exerted significant influence in Biden’s White House in favor of policies that fueled the genocide.
Today he is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School and global affairs analyst at CNN.
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THREAD: Israel shattered the ceasefire to continue genocide.
Last night’s massacre of over 419 Palestinians, including at least 174 children, is part of Netanyahu’s plan to “take control of Gaza."
Israel has been open about its intentions to never advance to the second phase of the ceasefire.
On February 27, Israel’s new chief of staff said Israel would resume a full-scale assault on Gaza and send tens of thousands of troops to conquer the entire territory.
Israel subsequently cut off all aid into Gaza on March 2 and shut off electricity on March 9 - both blatant violations of international law. Before last night’s massacre, Israel had already killed over 150 Palestinians in Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect.
It's clear: Harris lost A LOT of votes because of the Biden admin's support for Israel’s genocide.
Our poll out today with @YouGov finds Biden 2020 voters who did not vote for Harris name "ending Israel's violence in Gaza" as the top issue affecting their vote choice.
This issue played a key role in battleground states as well.
Across the six battleground states that flipped from Biden to Trump, 20% of these voters said “ending Israel’s violence in Gaza” was their top issue, the second-most cited reason behind only the economy (33%).
By a more than 3:1 margin, Biden 2020 voters who did not vote for Harris say they would have been more likely to have voted for Harris if she “pledged to break from Biden's policy toward Gaza by promising to withhold additional weapons to Israel” rather than less likely.
Democrats failed to turn out the voters who propelled them to victory in 2020.
That is in part because Democratic leadership, including President Biden and VP Harris, failed to listen to their core voters who were demanding an end to US support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.
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For months the polling has shown that Vice President Harris was costing herself votes she needed - from young people, women, people of color, and progressive voters - by not breaking with Biden and by failing to call for an end of weapons to Israel in accordance with US law.
The majority of Americans do not want their tax dollars funding Israel’s war crimes. The US should ensure Americans can afford healthcare, housing, and childcare, not spend billions on bombs to kill Palestinian families.
Overwhelming shares of young voters say they’d be “more likely” rather than “less likely” to vote for Harris if she pledges to withhold weapons—by a 54-13 margin in Pennsylvania, a 41-17 margin in Arizona, and a 50-10 margin in Georgia.
Among all Pennsylvania Democrats and Independents:
36% are more likely to vote for Harris if Biden secures a ceasefire, while just 3% are less likely.
34% are more likely to vote for Harris if she pledges to stop weapons to Israel, and just 7% are less likely.
These 42 Democrats joined the GOP to revive Trump's sanctions on the International Criminal Court in order to protect Netanyahu from arrest for his war crimes in Gaza:
As Israel’s attacks on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip reach the half-year mark today, IMEU Policy Project offers the five following recommendations to the Biden administration, Members of Congress, and candidates for elected office.
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Recommendation 1: End US Weapons Transfers to Israel
The US is failing to enforce the Foreign Assistance Act, which states that no US weapons can be given to a country which engages in a “consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.”
Rather than abide by its own policies, the Biden administration has repeatedly bypassed Congress to expedite the transfer of weapons to Israel.
No country is above the law and all countries should be held to the same standard. The US must end weapons transfers to Israel now.