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| Civil servants from US, EU pen anonymous letter decrying support for Israeli op in Gaza |
| 2024-02-03 |
| [IsraelTimes] A group of civil servants from the United States and EU member nations releases an unsigned letter declaring their governments’ policies concerning the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza are “wrong.” It is not the place of mere functionaries to decree government policy. The letter, which The New York Times says has over 800 anonymous supporters, complains that concerns the officials privately expressed “were overruled by political and ideological considerations” and they therefore “are obliged to do everything in our power on behalf of our countries and ourselves to not be complicit in one of the worst human catastrophes of this century.” The missive goes on to accuse Israel of showing “no boundaries in its military operations in Gaza” and ignoring “all important counterterrorism expertise gained since 9/11.” More vicious nonsense snipped. “Develop a strategy for lasting peace that includes a secure Palestinian state and guarantees for Israel’s security, so that an attack like 7 October and an offensive on Gaza never happen again,” they add.According to the letter, the officials that endorsed it hail from 12 different countries and EU institutions. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 How can we know there are really 800 who feel strongly enough to be anonymous? One of such recent letters turned out to be entirely the invention of some guy out in California or somewhere. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-02-03 23:21 |
| #5 If they can't put their name on it, then they don't really care do they? Just round file it once you get one with names, jail them for supporting terrorists |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2024-02-03 14:43 |
| #4 800 is a lot of anonymous support. They support this letter with their vaporous credibility and lay behind it their strongest commitment that can be expected of people who choose not to be unnamed. Basically, all this letter tells me is that we have an unknown number of |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-02-03 11:43 |
| #3 ^ Eating the seed corn of the Gramscian revolution. More faster please... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-02-03 10:47 |
| #2 Harvard Faces New Threat Of State Tax On Its $51 Billion Endowment |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-03 10:43 |
| #1 ignoring “all important counterterrorism expertise gained since 9/11.” You "da West" lost your WOT. We cannot afford losing (neither can you - but that's another story) |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-03 05:29 |