The intelligence reporting described Israeli officials’ own view of whether their treatment of Palestinians through large-scale attacks and severe limits on humanitarian aid was illegal, two former officials said. When State Department staff focused on international law requested their own intelligence briefing about possible Israeli ethnic cleansing, the former State Department official said intelligence personnel denied their request. They gave U.S. officials evidence of “specific motivations” among Israeli officials, a former senior official said. Biden administration staff had been quietly discussing their own potential liability for involvement in the Gaza offensive since a month into the war. In doing so, the Biden Administration was complicit in the loss of countless civilian lives — and the prolonging of the war in Gaza.

Source: Huffington Post November 07, 2025 23:44 UTC