Nancy Pelosi Signs Letter Urging Biden To Halt Weapons Transfers to Israel
The letter says arms shipments should be paused until
a full investigation into the killing of World Central Kitchen Workers is
completed
by Dave DeCamp April 7, 2024
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) joined a
group of House Democrats in a letter urging President Biden to halt
weapons transfers to Israel until there’s a full investigation into the Israeli
killing of seven workers for the World Central Kitchen.
Pelosi’s signature is notable since she’s been a
staunch supporter of Israel throughout her long career in Congress. In
2018, Pelosi vowed that if “this Capitol crumbled to the ground,
the one thing that would remain is our commitment to our aid – I don’t even
call it aid – to our cooperation with Israel.” Her signature could be part of a
Democratic push against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently called for elections in Israel.
The letter was signed by a total of 40 House Democrats and
called for the US to halt arms shipments to Israel until a full investigation
into the killing of WCK workers was complete.
The letter reads: “In light of this incident, we
strongly urge you to reconsider your recent decision to authorize the transfer
of a new arms package to Israel, and to withhold this and any future offensive
arms transfers until a full investigation into the airstrike is completed. If
this strike is found to have violated US or international law, we urge you to
continue withholding these transfers until those responsible are held
accountable. We also urge you to withhold these transfers if Israel fails to sufficiently
mitigate harm to innocent civilians in Gaza, including aid workers, and if it
fails to facilitate -or arbitrarily denies or restricts – the transport and
delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza.”
Israel has killed over 220 aid workers throughout its
genocidal war in Gaza, including 177 employees of the UN’s Palestinian Relief Agency, known as UNWRA.
Most American politicians can tolerate the killing of Palestinian civilians,
but the strike on the WCK workers got more attention and scrutiny since it
killed foreigners, including one American citizen.
The WCK workers were killed in a series of drone
strikes while traveling in three clearly marked cars along a route pre-approved
by the Israeli military. Israel said it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their role in the
killing but is still claiming the strikes were the result of an accident
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