US declares controversial Israeli battalion eligible for assistance (www.aljazeera.com)
from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 11:58
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The United States has announced that Netzah Yehuda, a controversial Israeli battalion notorious among Palestinians for repressive activities in the occupied West Bank, is eligible for US military assistance.

In 2022, soldiers from the unit handcuffed, blindfolded and gagged elderly US citizen Omar Assad and left him to die in a cold car park.

Under federal regulations known as the Leahy Law, the US is required to cut off assistance to military units involved in gross violations of human rights, but critics say that the US has long failed to apply the rule to Israel.

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MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 11:59 next collapse
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Varyk@sh.itjust.works on 10 Aug 2024 12:17 next collapse

This isn’t the battalion who was videotaped raping someone, is it?

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 15:00 collapse

It’s the new IOKIYAR. IOKIYAI

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 12:24 next collapse

Of course…

Everything is terrible as always.

teamevil@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 12:31 next collapse

Fuck no america don’t just fuckin don’t

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 10 Aug 2024 12:56 next collapse

I bet the threat was APAIC making sure they lose senate and house races, if not the presidential.

Waveform@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 13:04 next collapse

The administration of President Joe Biden had considered blocking the battalion from receiving US assistance amid reports of involvement in human rights violations, but Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Friday that such abuses had been “effectively remediated”.

So, we effectively dragged our feet until we got assurances that the battalion corrected its behavior? Yet, when it comes to the UNWRA, we’re quick to cease funding on a faint glimmer of a rumor.

Mrkawfee@lemmy.world on 10 Aug 2024 14:55 next collapse

Israel and the US. Sodom and Gomorrah.

TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works on 10 Aug 2024 16:15 collapse

Daily reminder that Israel has become the modern day nazis