International human rights groups said the State Department’s report on the war in Gaza, which concluded that the United States does not have to cut off military support to Israel, missed the mark.
“The report is a slap in the face to the Palestinian and international human rights and humanitarian organizations that provided firsthand accounts and evidence — backed by experts within the administration — on the assumption that their input would be evaluated in good faith,” Oxfam CEO Abby Maxman said in a statement in response to the findings in the national security memorandum.
Amnesty International, the only nongovernmental organization with personnel on the ground in Gaza, documenting and conducting independent investigations on Israel’s actions, was similarly disappointed in the United States’ findings.