Former Official: State Department Falsified Report on Gaza Aid
The Facts
Stacy Gilbert, a senior civil-military adviser in the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration who resigned this week, claimed that the DOS falsified a report from earlier this month to absolve Israel of responsibility for blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Gilbert asserted that the DOS ignored the "consensus among the humanitarian community" and its own experts in the NSM-20 report, which said the Israeli government was not restricting "the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance” into Gaza. Gilbert did say that other factors also contributed to the lack of aid distribution.
The Spin
The US is doing everything it can to get aid into Gaza, including putting pressure on Israel to open the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings. However, this is a complex situation, and the cooperation of other actors, such as Egypt, is necessary for aid to be properly distributed. The Biden admin. always welcomes diverse points of view, and the NSM-20 report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza reflects that.
The lengths the Biden admin. will go to cover for Israel's crimes in Gaza are unprecedented, even as more and more officials resign over the admin.'s policies. The US has armed Israel, given it diplomatic cover, and refused to call for a permanent cease-fire, yet pretends that it is pressuring Israel to stop the war.
