Secretary of State Blinken was asked on the 19th about reports that Israel is violating the US Leahy Act, which prohibits military aid to individuals or security forces who grossly violate human rights, and the consequences will be publish soon. Photograph taken in Italy (2024 Reuters/Ciro De Luca)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Blinken was asked on Wednesday about reports that Israel is in violation of the U.S. Leahy Act, which prohibits military aid to individuals or security forces who grossly violate human rights, that he would the results will be published soon. However, he did not give details.
ProPublica, a non-profit American investigative news organization, reported this week that a US State Department task force had ordered Blinken to withdraw several Israeli military and police units from US aid for alleged human rights abuses several months ago. back
According to reports, Blinken has not responded at this time. The human rights violations ProPublica identified by Israel were committed primarily in the Palestinian West Bank, and most of them occurred before the October 7 outbreak of war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.
Blinken said at a news conference in Italy that investigations related to the Leahy Act take time and that they “need to be very careful, in gathering and analyzing the facts.” The results will be published within the next few days.
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