US State Department Arabic Spokesperson Resigns Over Biden’s Gaza Policy

Via mediate East Eye

The Arabic language spokesperson of the US State Department has resigned over Washington’s Gaza war policy, in the Third elder level designation from the department since the war began.

Hala Rharrit, a Palestinian-American, posted her description on the LinkedIn social media site, stationing: “I resigned April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service in opposition to the United States’ Gaza policy.”

Hala Rharrit, Arabic language spokesperson for the State Department, has quit in protest. Image: State Dept.

Rharrit, who joined the State Department as a political and human rights officer, was besides the department’s Dubai regional media hub department director.

When asked about the appointment, a State Department spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday that the department has channels for its staff to share views erstwhile they disagree with government policies.

In the Late March, Annelle Sheline, a abroad affairs authoritative in the State Department’s human rights bureau, stepped down in protest over the Biden administration’s support for Israel, saying it Had made her occupation promoting human rights “almost impossible”.

Earlier, veteran State Department authoritative Josh Paul, a erstwhile manager overseeing US arms transfers, resigned over Biden’s “destructive, unjust” supply of arms It is Israel just day after the war on Gaza began.

In January, a elder Palestinian-American authoritative in the U.S. Education Department, Tariq Habash, resigned from his post, saying he could no longer “stay silent as this administration turns a blind eye to the attractions committed against others Palestinian lives.”

Despite mounting global criticism of Israel’s offensive that has reportedly killed more than 34,300 people and flatened swathes of Gaza, the Biden administration has continued to supply its ally with a steady stream of weapons. Last week, the Wall Street diary reported that the White home was eyeing an additional $1bn waapons deal with Israel.

On Wednesday, the US legislature joined the home of Representatives in passing an aid bill that will supply $26bn in aid for Israel and Palestine, with $4bn set to respond Israeli’s missionary defence strategy and frankly $9bn reduced for humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza.

There has been reports of interior dissent within the Biden administration as the death toll in Gaza continues to mount. In November, more than 1,000 officials at USAID, the State Department’s global aid organization, signed an open letter calling for an awesome casefire. Cables criticalizing the administration’s policy have besides been filed with the State Department’s interior ‘dissent channel’.

The war has besides sparked widespread anti-war demonstrations across the United States, with protests in fresh weeks esculating across US universities. Student-led protests have seen encampments set up on major campuses demanding exploration from companies active in Israel’s business of Palestinian land and “genocide” in Gaza.