They claim in a joint statement that the measures have further destabilized the area and “put a target on America’s back.”
Only one of the twelve left the US Department of the Interior on Tuesday.
The US Department of State, citing its initiatives to increase humanitarian supplies and its disapproval of civilian deaths in Gaza, has already denied such allegations.
“America’s diplomatic cover for and continuous flow of arms to Israel have ensured our undeniable complicity in the killings and forced starvation of a besieged Palestinian population in Gaza,” reads the joint statement from the former diplomats.
This is not the first time that former officials have made such a claim, but it does coincide with Maryam Hassanein’s most recent retirement from the US Department of Interior as a special assistant. She signed the statement as well.
The former officials charge that the US government is holding on to a “failed policy” that has not only been disastrous for the Palestinian people but has also put Israelis in risk, restricted free speech, and damaged US reputation for upholding an international order based on laws.
The joint statement claims that notwithstanding Israel’s activities in Gaza, continuous arms sales to the country have further destabilized the Middle East and “put a target on America’s back.”
