Why is he waiting?
A special ST Dept panel told SOS Blinken -the US should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that've been credibly accused of HR abuses. He hasn't taken any action. The incidents under review mostly took place in the West Bank & occurred before #Oct7, incl. reports of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli Border Police; an incident in which a battalion gagged, handcuffed & left an elderly PA American man for dead...
#IsraelHamaWar #WarCrimes https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations?taid=662030f9d453a400011f6bcc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes
A special State Department panel told Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. should restrict arms sales to Israeli military units that have been credibly accused of human rights abuses. He has not taken any action.
