A US State Department official who worked in an agency responsible for arms transfers to US allies has resigned.
Josh Paul cited disagreements with what he described as the administration’s decisions to expedite the transfer of arms to Israel.
Paul, who was director of congressional and public affairs at the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs said on LinkedIn: “I cannot work in support of a set of major policy decisions, including rushing more arms to one side of the conflict, that I believe to be shortsighted, destructive, unjust and contradictory to the very values that we publicly espouse.”
Paul said while he recognised the “montrosity” of Hamas’s attack on Israel, he also believed Israel’s response “will only lead to more and deeper suffering” for Israelis and Palestinians.