A former senior official in the Biden administration has delivered a scathing assessment of "Israel's" military actions in Gaza and the US government's complicity, declaring unequivocally that war crimes were committed, many with American support.

Matthew Miller, who served as the public face of the US State Department from 2023 until the end of Joe Biden's term, stated in an interview with Sky News and the Trump 100 podcast, "It was without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes."

Asked for his view regarding the genocide in Gaza, he said, "I don't think it's a genocide, but I think it is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes."

Despite the proclaimed Israeli policy of mass punishment and public intentions to ethically cleanse Gaza, Miller shed doubts regarding Israeli actions being "deliberate." Miller did, though, point out that Israeli internal investigations were a mere formality without yielding significant results.

Matthew Miller doesn’t get to play hero now. You don’t get to call out Israeli war crimes after you helped cover them up at the State Department podium. You weren’t silent—you were complicit. Leaving office doesn’t cleanse the blood that’s on his hands.

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The remarks mark a rare admission from a high-level American official and come amid growing international condemnation of "Israel's" devastating campaign in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands and leveled entire neighborhoods, often with US-supplied munitions.

Miller, no longer bound by the constraints of official messaging, shed light on the internal dysfunction and moral compromises that characterized the administration's policy. "There were disagreements all along the way about how to handle policy. Some of those were big disagreements, some of those were little disagreements," he said.

Although Secretary of State Antony Blinken has avoided direct criticism of Biden, Miller hinted at divisions within the highest levels of the administration. "I'll probably wait and let the secretary speak for himself… but I will say, speaking generally, look, it is true about every senior official in government that they don't win every policy fight that they enter into. And what you do is you make your best case to the president."

Weapon dilemma

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One of the clearest flashpoints was the decision to halt certain arms shipments. "The administration did debate, at times, whether and when to cut off weapons to Israel. You saw us in the spring of 2024 stop the shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel because we did not believe they would use those in a way that was appropriate in Gaza," he revealed.

Despite this brief pause, Washington continued to funnel weapons to the Israeli military even as civilian death tolls soared, entire families were buried under rubble, and hospitals were bombed. "There were debates about whether to suspend other arms deliveries, and you saw at times us hold back certain arms while we negotiated the use of those arms," Miller added, admitting a transactional approach to Palestinian lives.

He acknowledged that the Biden administration was torn between its unconditional support for "Israel" and the horrifying consequences of that loyalty. "We found ourselves in this really tough position, especially in that time period when it really came to a head…"

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Inside knowledge

More disturbingly, Miller hinted that US intelligence had insight into Hamas's leadership's decisions. "We were at a place where... the decisions and the thinking of Hamas leadership were not always secret to the United States and to our partners." The comment raises serious questions about what Washington knew, and when, regarding the scale of destruction inflicted on Gaza's civilian population.

On the political front, Miller distanced himself from Biden's re-election campaign, saying, "I would have wanted to have a better candidate" for 2024.

Reflecting on his time as a government mouthpiece, he added, "One of the things about being a spokesperson is you're not a spokesperson for yourself. You are a spokesperson for the president, the administration, and you espouse the positions of the administration. And when you're not in the administration, you can just give your own opinions."

Internal strife

Since late 2023, several officials across different departments have resigned in protest of Washington’s continued military and diplomatic support for "Israel" amid its assault on Gaza.

These include senior figures such as State Department arms transfer official Josh Paul, Education Department advisor Tariq Habash, and Defense Intelligence Agency officer Harrison Mann. Each cited the Biden administration’s failure to reckon with the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and the United States' role in enabling it, as the reason for their departure.

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Others, like Annelle Sheline from the State Department’s human rights bureau and Interior Department official Lily Greenberg Call, also stepped down, with Call declaring, "As a Jew, I cannot endorse the Gaza catastrophe."

In total, at least a dozen officials have publicly condemned the administration’s stance, warning that US credibility and national security are at stake. Their collective resignations, alongside Miller’s candid assessment, underscore a deep moral crisis within Washington, one that continues to fracture the very institutions tasked with upholding American values abroad.