Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it's blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. The move would mark the first time in the decades-long partnership between the two countries that a U.S. administration has invoked a landmark 27-year-old congressional act known as the Leahy law against an Israeli military unit. It comes as the...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US finds Israeli military units violated human rights The State Department has determined that at least five Israeli military units were involved in gross violations of human rights, but is holding back on imposing any consequences
All the incidents took place before the 7 October Hamas attack and were not in Gaza.
The State Department said Monday that it determined five units of Israel’s security forces were responsible for “gross human rights violations” against Palestinians in the West Bank, but the finding won’t impact US military aid to Israel. “After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human … Continue reading "US Says Five Israeli Units Guilty of ‘Gross Human Rights Violations,’ But Won’t Cut Off Military Aid"
The State Department announced the findings Monday about five Israeli units, including four determined to have 'remediated' problems. The violations came before the Oct. 7 attack.
But all five units remain eligible for US military aid after Israel took action, the state department says.
The United States has concluded that five Israeli military units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the Hamas attack in October, the State Department said Monday. Four of these units have taken remedial measures, State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters, with consultations under way with the Israeli […]
State department says five units mostly from IDF but including at least one police unit responsible for gross violations in West Bank The US has found five units of the Israeli security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, over incidents in the West Bank before the current Gaza war, the state department has said.The findings come at a time when Israel is facing potential accountability from the international criminal court and the state department for its conduct of the...
By: Jake Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation The Biden administration accused five Israel Defense Force (IDF) units of “gross violations of human rights” on Monday. The incidents the IDF units are accused of committing happened outside of Gaza before the war between Israel and Hamas started on Oct. 7, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said
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