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Blinken faces calls to resign for misleading Congress on 'Israel'

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  • 28 Sep 2024 18:13
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Blinken deceived the administration because US law restricts the delivery of armaments to countries that refuse American humanitarian help.

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  • Blinken faces calls to resign for misleading Congress on 'Israel'
    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with reporters at the State Department in Washington on April 11, 2024. (AP)

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is under increasing pressure to quit after a ProPublica report published earlier this week revealed that he misled Congress about "Israel's" blockage of humanitarian supplies to Gaza. He is accused of misleading the American people to keep US weaponry flowing to the Israeli occupation despite committing genocide in Gaza.

As per the report, Blinken contradicted conclusions from his own department's experts and USAID in a May report to Congress, alleging that "Israel" was not "prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance" to Gaza.

In a 17-page memo sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in April, USAID told top US diplomats that US law requires the administration to cut off weapons shipments to governments that prevent the delivery of US-backed humanitarian aid. The Refugees Bureau also delivered a similar evaluation. 

According to ProPublica, both Blinken and the administration of President Joe Biden refused to accept the conclusions reached by the two US agencies. 

"We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance," Blinken said on May 10 to Congress, after receiving the reports. 

Blinken deceived the administration because US law restricts the delivery of armaments to countries that refuse American humanitarian help.

"Israel" continues to rely substantially on foreign military contributions, mainly from the United States, to sustain its military aggression in Gaza and Lebanon.

According to US law, deceiving Congress is grounds for impeachment. According to Sam Perlo-Freeman, a professor and former researcher with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Blinken "should resign or be impeached."

Stacy Gilbert, a State Department officer, resigned after the final report to Congress, claiming "abundant evidence showing Israel is responsible for blocking aid" and called the denial "absurd and shameful." Gilbert is one of scores of US officials who have resigned in response to Washington's cover-up of 'Israel's' slaughter.

Human rights groups and academics have joined the call for Blinken's resignation or impeachment. The incident has also renewed debate regarding the Biden administration's overall position on 'Israel's' aggression in Gaza. 

Hamas: Blinken, Biden's actions are shameful

The Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas released a statement, commenting on ProPublica's report on Wednesday. 

Hamas condemned Bliken and Biden's deliberate concealment of evidence of "Israel's" non-compliance with US aid missions during his addresses to Congress. 

The movement said that Blinken did so, in complicity with Biden, "Out of fear that it would impact weapons supplies to the occupation's military."

It said that the revelations serve as evidence of Washington's involvement in the genocide of the Palestinian people. 

"This criminal conduct by Blinken demands that honorable members of the US Congress and American judicial bodies investigate his actions, which have led to the deaths of thousands of our people," Hamas underlined.

"We call on international judicial institutions, foremost among them the International Criminal Court, to take these reports seriously and take the necessary legal action against Blinken," the movement urged. 

Hamas stressed that Blinken had participated in the deliberate starvation and the genocide of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip through his actions. 

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