BREAKING from ProPublica: Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes propublica.org/article/israel… by @BrettMmurphy
@ericuman @Roots_Action @BrettMmurphy I think those staff should resign.
@ericuman @BrettMmurphy Propublica is not a credible source.
@ericuman @BrettMmurphy For those of you posting the anti-Semitism in the comments, how does that help?
A State Department spokesperson told ProPublica the agency takes its commitment to uphold U.S. human rights laws seriously. “This process is one that demands a careful and full review,” the spokesperson said, “and the department undergoes a fact-specific investigation applying the same standards and procedures regardless of the country in question.” I think they meant “… country in question, other than Israel.”
@ericuman @BrettMmurphy It’s reporting incidents before October 7 ‼️
Blinken is one of the most disingenuous to head the state department. “The incidents under review mostly took place in the West Bank and occurred before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. They include reports of extrajudicial killings by the Israeli Border Police; an incident in which a battalion gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead; and an allegation that interrogators tortured and raped a teenager who had been accused of throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails.”
@ericuman @BrettMmurphy @SecBlinken knows where his loyalties lie. He might wag his finger at Israel, but he will take no action because if he did, his career would be over.
@ericuman @BrettMmurphy credibility around the world continuing to 📉
@ericuman @BrettMmurphy Impossible to predict this!