Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed gross human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. But he says the U.S. will hold off on any decision about aid to the battalion while it reviews new information provided by Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in China, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. Mother of Palestinian Shadi Jalaita, 44, cries upon the arrival of her son’s body at the family house for the last look during his funeral in the West Bank city of Jericho Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Israel i forces shot dead a Palestinian man early Tuesday in the West Bank city of Jericho, an eyewitness and Palestinian officials said.
The undated letter, obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, defers a decision by the U.S. whether to impose a first-ever block on U.S. aid to an Israeli military unit over its treatment of Palestinians. Israeli leaders, anticipating the U.S. decision this week, have Blinken stressed that U.S. military support for Israel’s defense against Hamas and other threats would not be affected by the State Department’s final decision on the one unit. Johnson muscled through legislation providingThe U.S. declaration concerns a single Israeli unit and its actions against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank before Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza began in October.
Blinken said the Israeli government has so far not adequately addressed the abuses by the military unit. But “the Israeli government has presented new information regarding the status of the unit and we will engage on identifying a path to effective remediation for this unit,” he wrote.obligates the U.S. to cut off military aid to a foreign army unit that it deems has committed grave violations of international law or human rights.
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