An Israeli military unit that committed “gross human rights violations” in the eyes of U.S. officials remains eligible for U.S. military equipment, a prominent U.S. official acknowledged, pending “ongoing” discussions about accountability.
“After a careful process, we found five Israeli units responsible for individual incidents of gross violations of human rights,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said Monday. “Four of these units have effectively remediated these violations, which is what we expect partners to do. … For a remaining unit, we continue to be in consultations and engagements with the government of Israel; they have submitted additional information as it pertains to that unit.”
That finding puts the U.S. government in the fraught position of accusing Israeli forces of severe human rights abuses without
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