Atop State Department official under Joe Biden has acknowledged that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza with the help of the U.S. — but says that it is still “critical” for the U.S. to continue backing the genocidal state despite laws explicitly prohibiting such a practice.
Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who served in the role up until July 2023, is seemingly the most senior Biden administration official to label Israel’s slaughter as a “genocide” in public remarks so far, save for a few officials who resigned from the administration in protest over the backing of Israel’s slaughter.
In an interview with Bloomberg published on Friday, Sherman said that both Democrats and Republicans “have not dealt with the Middle East in a way that’s helped create stability and peace,” and lamented that domestic politics have become “very tied up with our relationship with Israel.”
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