Senior State Department official resigns over Biden approach to Gaza

Josh Paul, a US State Department official in the Political-Military Affairs bureau, has issued his resignation on Wednesday evening, citing the Biden administration’s approach to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

“Let me be clear: Hamas’ attack on Israel was not just a monstrosity; it was a monstrosity of Monstrosities,” Paul said in a letter, which was posted on X by Brian Finucane, a senior adviser at Crisis Group.

“But I believe to the core of my soul that the response Israel is taking, and with it the American support both for that response, and for the status quo of the occupation, will only lead to more and deeper suffering for both the Israeli and the Palestinian people - and is not in the long term American interest.”

Paul worked for more than 10 years in the Political-Military Affairs bureau, which is in charge of approving arms transfers to other countries.

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