In a long-awaited report, the State Department lays out numerous suspected international humanitarian violations by Israel in its war on Gaza, yet suggests no changes in policy or consequences.
The Biden administration concludes it is likely that Israel used U.S.-supplied weapons in āincidents that raise concernsā about the countryās legal compliance, while crediting Israel for investigating them.
The report also concludes Israel is not currently blocking humanitarian aid, despite ādeep concernsā about āaction and inactionā by the government resulting in aid delivery to Gaza that āremains insufficient.ā
Is it just me or does the report state that Israel is blocking aid? The legalese might make a distinction between ātechnically blocking aidā and ādoing everything in your power to slow, delay, and otherwise mitigate aidāā¦ but thatās exactly what a layperson would call blocking aid.
They have to choose words carefully lest they accidentally trigger some process. But they did just describe what a smarmy country does to block aid while maintaining plausible (big stretch of the word) deniability.
I do not understand this either
I read " yes Israel committed war crimes but also we are not sure if Israel committed war crimes."