Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday gave one of his most direct condemnations of the civilian death toll in Gaza and said more needs to be done to “minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”

Although Blinken commended Israel for its announcement of daily military pauses in areas of Northern Gaza and two evacuation corridors, he said that “there is more that can and should be done to minimize harm to Palestinian civilians.”

The top US diplomat has subtly shifted his messaging in the days since he departed the Middle East earlier this week to more directly voice condemnation of the civilian toll in Gaza and the US’ expectations for the Israeli government. However, he still has not condemned the Israeli government offensive and has continually voiced support for its right to defend itself.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Next we’ll be hearing about how it was just some “bad apples” in the IDF that did the genocide and after these two corporals get resigned to desk jobs everything will be ok.

    US Cops and IDF run from the same playbook.

    • stella
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      1 year ago

      You give them too much credit.

      We’re never going to hear that.