US implicates 5 Israeli units in rights violations before Gaza war, no restrictions on assistance Link to Reuters
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The United States found five units of Israel's security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, the first time Washington has reached such a conclusion about Israeli forces, the State Department said on Monday, though it has not barred any of the units from receiving U.S. military assistance.
Israel has conducted "remediation" in the cases of four of the units in compliance with U.S. law prohibiting military assistance to security force units that commit such abuses and have not been brought to justice, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters.
Human rights groups say they have reported incidents involving Israeli units including extrajudicial killings, torture and physical abuse to the State Department, most of them committed against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Patel declined to offer specifics on the violations U.S. officials looked at, which units were involved or what remediation steps were taken.
"Four of these units have effectively remediated these violations, which is what we expect partners to do," Patel said.
In the case of a fifth unit, Washington has not yet determined whether there has been sufficient remediation and was still in discussions with Israel, he said.
Excuse me whilst I stop laughing.
Good grief.
I don’t think I have heard so many weasel words strung together in a long time.
No, you can't know the crimes.
No, you can’t know the remediations
Dammit, stop peaking behind the curtains.
Now the US says stop to the ICC.
US Reportedly Working to Stop ICC From Issuing Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu Link to CommonDreams
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly growing increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court is preparing to issue arrest warrants for him and other top government officials for committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The Times of Israelreported Sunday that the Israeli government, in partnership with the U.S., is "making a concerted effort to head off" possible arrest warrants from the ICC, which first launched its war crimes investigation in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2021.
Fucking hell
How low are we prepared to go
To save Benjamin’s ass?
We usually only use this nonsense when the finger is pointed at us.
Remember, torture, extraordinary rendition, preemptive war, etc?
We found ourselves….oh, just, move on, why don'tcha?
A morning’s bitter muse.
~A