Hala Ghareit, the Arabic-language spokesperson for the US State Department, told Israel Gaza But he resigned in opposition to Washington’s policy of aggression. This is at least the third resignation in the US State Department in this regard.
Hala was also deputy director of the Dubai Regional Media Hub and joined the State Department nearly two decades ago as a political and human rights officer, according to the State Department’s website.
“I resigned in April 2024 after 18 years of outstanding service in protest against America’s Gaza policy,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
When asked about the resignation at a press briefing Thursday, a State Department spokesman said the department has channels in place to communicate the views of its workforce when it disagrees with government policies.
About a month before that, Anil Shelley of the State Department’s Bureau of Human Rights announced her resignation. Another department official, Josh Paul, resigned in October.
A senior U.S. Department of Education official, Tariq Habash, a Palestinian-American, left his post in January.
The United States has faced growing criticism internationally and from human rights organizations for supporting Israel during the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
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There have also been reports of internal divisions within President Joe Biden’s administration in the wake of rising casualties in Gaza.
In November last year, more than 1,000 officials of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) issued an open letter demanding an immediate ceasefire.
Cables critical of US administration policy are also filed in the State Department’s internal ‘dissent channel’.
Because of this aggression Israel There have also been fierce debates and demonstrations in America, its most important ally.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israel has killed more than 34,000 people in Gaza, leading to mass displacement, starvation and allegations of genocide. Israel denies these allegations.
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