Israel deliberately withholds aid to Gaza, Blanken says ‘misrepresented’

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According to a report by New York-based non-governmental organization ‘Pro Publica’ US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken ignored assessments by government agencies and officials that showed Israel had withheld U.S. aid to Gaza earlier this year, but the new report revealed that Blanken made a statement to Congress. produced a different result.

ProPublica said in its investigative report released Tuesday that the US aid agency USAID told the State Department in late April that Israel had been subject to “arbitrary denials, embargoes and obstructions” of US humanitarian aid to Gaza. is making

Officials at the State Department’s refugee agency also found in April that “the facts on the ground suggest that US humanitarian assistance is being curtailed,” ProPublica said.

Palestinian women and children carry plates to receive food prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, on August 14, 2024 (Omar al-Qata / AFP)

But by contrast, in May, Blanken presented a very different State Department report to Congress.

In its May 10 assessment, the State Department said, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is interdicting or otherwise restricting the transportation or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.” .’

According to the leaked memo, if Blanken had informed Congress of the true situation, it would have had major implications for US policy toward Israel, including an embargo on US arms shipments to Israel.

This is because US law prohibits the provision of security (arms) to any country that directly or indirectly blocks the transportation or delivery of US humanitarian aid.

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The United States provides at least $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel annually, and this year Biden approved an additional $14 billion in aid to Israel’s Gaza war offensive.

The fund was widely criticized and scrutinized.

A State Department report in May concluded that Israel was not withholding US aid to Gaza, while a newly leaked report on the contrary showed how Israeli officials have withheld aid to the Palestinians. It encouraged the protests of Israeli citizens.

The document also said that Israel used delaying tactics in the delivery of aid through “massive bureaucracy and launched military strikes against populated areas.”

More than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli army’s offensive on Gaza, while imposing a strict siege around the strip that has pushed its population to the brink of famine.

At least 34 Palestinian children have died of malnutrition this year, according to Gaza’s official media office.

In March, CIA Director Bill Burns also admitted that Palestinians in Gaza were dying of starvation.