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SvennoJ on 23 July 2024
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Amnesty warns of US complicity in war crimes as Netanyahu visits

The rights group, in a statement, said the US is “on notice of the government of Israel’s unlawful use of US-origin weapons, including in war crimes, and will be complicit in further violations committed with these weapons”.

“The US government has been presented with ample evidence from experts around the world that US-origin arms have been used in war crimes and unlawful killings by the Israeli government,” Paul O’Brien, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement.

“Continued weapons transfers will make the US complicit in violations of international law committed with these arms,” he said.

The rights group noted that countries that provide arms to governments or armed groups that break international law “are not only violating their obligation to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, but are in fact assisting these violations to commit ‘internationally wrongful acts'”.

It added that “companies manufacturing and exporting arms also have a responsibility to respect human rights and international humanitarian law throughout their value chains”.

Trump says he will meet with Netanyahu this week

In a post on Truth Social, Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said he will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday.

“During my first term, we had Peace and Stability in the Region, even signing the historic Abraham Accords – And we will have it again,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Netanyahu is in Washington and due to address the US Congress on Wednesday and meet President Joe Biden on Thursday.

Trump added that Vice President Kamala Harris, who has Biden’s support to be the Democratic presidential candidate, has “no way” of stopping the death in Gaza.

Harris missing Netanyahu speech not a slight, US State Dept says

US Vice President Kamala Harris, who has catapulted to become the likely Democratic presidential nominee, will not be in attendance when Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress on Wednesday.

But US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller was quick to dismiss that her absence was meant to send a message.

“The reality is the vice president’s office has made clear that she had a pre-scheduled trip before the prime minister announced this date,” Miller said, pointing to a planned meeting between Harris and Netanyahu later in the week.

“And I would just ask: What is more important, being there for a speech or meeting with the prime minister and talking about how we can work together to address our concerns?"