Amnesty International USA demanded today that President Biden and the United States Congress immediately suspend all transfers of weapons to the government of Israel.
The Biden administration has continued to provide weapons at a rapid pace despite the overwhelming evidence that war crimes are being committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in the occupied Gaza Strip using U.S.-made munitions. While Palestinians in Gaza remain at risk of genocide and an imminent Israeli government-engineered famine, President Biden last week authorized the transfer of 1,800 MK84 2000-pound bombs that one senior administration official said, “can destroy entire blocks.” According to news reports, the President is also getting close to greenlighting a sale of $18 billion for American-made F-15 fighter jets.
“The written assurances recently submitted by the Israeli government stating that they aren’t violating international humanitarian law with U.S. weapons are simply not credible, and it’s shocking that the U.S. government is going along with their statement while our research and international law experts disagree,” said Paul O’Brien, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA. “The President must put an end to U.S. complicity and do what he should have done long ago: immediately suspend the transfer of weapons to the government of Israel. The time to act to prevent genocide is now.”
Amnesty International investigations have repeatedly shown…
