In meetings in Israel, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin conveyed to Israeli leaders that it’s important to observe international rules of warfare.

As Israel girds for a fearsome ground assault into Gaza, senior Biden administration officials are warning their Israeli counterparts to show restraint and avoid mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian disaster that could turn world opinion against the Jewish state, according to two current and one former U.S. official.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    262·
    1 year ago

    Nope. It needs to be said loudly, publicly, repeatedly. Until then, we are enablers of atrocities.

    • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Biden said it publicly, too:

      We uphold the laws of war — the law of war. It matters. There’s a difference.

      And repeated something similar today, when asked about retaliation against Hamas:

      Hamas and the extreme elements of Hamas don’t represent all the Palestinian people … there needs to be a Palestinian Authority. There needs to be a path to a Palestinian state … It would be a mistake for Israel to occupy Gaza again.