Biden has no spine, nothing but Netanyahu's lap dog.
Biden administration puts Netzah Yehuda Battalion sanctions on hold: Reports
The reports come after days of speculation that Washington was poised to sanction the ultra-Orthodox battalion after determining it had committed rights abuses in the occupied West Bank. Netzah Yehuda soldiers were involved in the death of a 78-year-old Palestinian-American, Omar Assad, who died of a heart attack in 2022 after he was detained, bound and gagged.
While US laws prohibit Washington from providing military assistance to individuals or units that commit gross human rights violations, they have never been used against Israel.
US-based ABC News reported that despite the State Department determining that such violations had been committed by the unit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told a congressional leader that no military aid deliveries will be affected.
Al Jazeera has reached out to the State Department for comment.
Biden is above US laws as well.
One UNRWA staffer probe closed, four other cases suspended: UN
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has provided an update on the investigation into Israeli claims against 19 staffers at United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Israel had initially claimed that 12 UNRWA staffers took part in the October 7 attacks on southern Israel, with another seven cases later brought to the UN’s attention. The allegations prompted 16 countries to suspend funding to the agency, which aid officials consider essential to humanitarian support in the enclave.
The UN undertook an internal review in the wake of the allegations, and a second independent review was also launched.
Dujarric has now said that the UN investigation has so far resulted in one case against a staffer being closed due to a lack of evidence. Four more have been suspended due with the US saying Israel has not provided enough evidence to move forward with the probes.
The investigations into the 14 other staffers remain ongoing.
