"We Have Lost All Credibility": Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending Complicity in Gaza

 

"We Have Lost All Credibility": Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending Complicity in Gaza, Democracy Now YouTube video

As human rights groups continue to call out war crimes committed by the Israeli military, we speak to the only U.S. diplomat to publicly resign from the Biden administration over its policy on Israel. We first spoke to Hala Rharrit when she resigned from the State Department in April, citing the illegal and deceptive nature of U.S. policy in the Middle East. "We continue to willfully violate laws so that we surge U.S. military assistance to Israel," she says after more than a year of Israel's war on Gaza. Rharrit says she found the Biden administration unmovable in its "counterproductive policy," which she believes has gravely harmed U.S. interests in the Middle East. "We are going to feel the repercussions of that for years, decades, generations."

Follow Hala Rharrit on Instagram:   /hala_rharrit_official

 

Israel Gaza war: History of the conflict explained, BBC

The Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented assault on Israel on 7 October, with hundreds of gunmen infiltrating communities near the Gaza Strip. About 1,200 people were killed, and more than 250 were taken to Gaza as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. More than 33,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in air and artillery strikes carried out by the Israeli military in response, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says. Read more

 

List of US officials who resigned over Biden's support for Israel in Gaza war. Wikipedia article

A small number of US staff, including officials who worked closely on the arms trade and human rights policy, have resigned over the Biden administration's continued arms transfers to Israel for its war in Gaza.[1] A group of staff members resigned amidst anger in the country over Biden's support for Israel, despite rising casualties in the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces continue to commit genocide against Palestinians in the territory.[2]

In a joint statement entitled "Service in Dissent", the resigned officials wrote that "America's diplomatic cover for, and continuous flow of arms to, Israel has ensured our undeniable complicity in the killings and forced starvation of a besieged Palestinian population in Gaza. This is not only morally reprehensible and in clear violation of international humanitarian law and U.S. laws, but it has also put a target on America’s back."[3][4] Resigned officials who spoke to CNN stated that unnamed and non-confirmed former colleagues felt the same way but could not afford to resign.[3] The officials included Lily Greenberg Call, Harrison Mann, Hala Rharrit, Maryam Hassanein, Mohammed Abu Hashem, Riley Livermore, Alexander Smith, Stacy Gilbert, Anna Del Castillo, Annelle Sheline, Tariq Habash, Josh Paul, and Andrew Miller.[5] Read more

The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight

The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight
Moyers & Company YouTube Channel

Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about what he calls Washington's "Deep State," in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests. "It is how we had deregulation, financialization of the economy, the Wall Street bust, the erosion or our civil liberties and perpetual war," Lofgren tells Moyers.

The Deep State, by Mike Lofgren
The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government, Penguin Random House. Mike Lofgren, Wikipedia

 

THEY OFFER 20K TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN JAILS & PRISONS [MARION COUNTY JAIL, OCALA, FLORIDA]

  

THEY OFFER 20K TO PREGNANT WOMEN IN JAILS & PRISONS 

[MARION COUNTY JAIL, OCALA, FLORIDA]

Jen Jen Gomez YouTube Channel, Feb-04-2024

"Unfortunately.. this is a reality & many women fall this trap out of desperation!! Let me know what you all feel because I’m truly torn between the predatory nature of this, and the benefit the child might have being placed with a good family.." 

 

I HAD MY BABY IN JAIL AND WAS GONE 8 YEARS
Jen Jen Gomez YouTube Channel, Jun-13-2022

Giving birth while I was in the Marion County Jail and then chopped off to for 8.5 years, until my son was 8 years old, was literally one of the hardest things I ever had to experience. I can’t be mad at anyone but myself for putting him and I in that situation to begin with, but at the same time, I would? be lying if I said that it wasn’t difficult and if I said that I thought it was not excessive given the circumstances. Nonetheless, children are resilient and thank God for that. I am now home and because he had such a wonderful first 8 years with his father, his father's side of the family, and my side of the family, because everyone gave him so much love, because everyone worked together so well, and because everybody was so understanding of each other‘s situation and position regarding the situation, things have now turned out beautifully. His father is an amazing man who made it a point to bring our son to visit me almost EVERY WEEKEND for 8.5 straight years!!! Just to help foster a good bond between us!!!! That in itself is a true miracle, you don’t find many men anymore who would willing to do that and I was blessed to have those visit and that time to bond.

Memorial Day 2024, Remember the USS Liberty June 8, 1967, 34 American crew killed in an unprovoked attack

 

Memorial Day 2024, Remember the USS Liberty June 8, 1967, 34 American crew killed in an unprovoked attack

Al Jazeera English: The Day Israel Attacked America

"Al Jazeera investigates the shocking truth behind a deadly Israeli attack on a US naval vessel.

In 1967, at the height of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, the Israeli Air Force launched an unprovoked attack on the USS Liberty, a US Navy spy ship that was monitoring the conflict from the safety of international waters in the Mediterranean.

Israeli jet fighters hit the vessel with rockets, cannon fire and napalm, before three Israeli torpedo boats moved in to launch a second more devastating attack. Though she did not sink, the Liberty was badly damaged. Thirty-four US servicemen and civilian analysts were killed, another 171 were wounded.

Later Israel apologised for what it claimed to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. It said that it had believed the ship to be hostile Egyptian naval vessel. US President Lyndon Johnson was privately furious but publicly the White House chose not to challenge the word of its closest Middle East ally and accepted that the attack had been a catastrophic accident.

However, as this exclusive Al Jazeera investigation reveals, fresh evidence throws new light on exactly what happened that fateful day – and the remarkable cover up that followed." 

Jan 14, 2024 USS Liberty Veterans Association
New Hampshire Committee Hearing on USS Liberty

New Hampshire House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing on Bill HB1041 "Relative to Establishing a Commission to investigate the USS Liberty Incident and its Aftermath." USS Liberty Survivors Larry Bowen, Phil Tourney and Bryce Lockwood Testify.

New Hampshire House Bill HB 1041, Title: relative to establishing a commission to investigate the USS Liberty incident and its aftermath. 

American Legion 2017 Resolution on the USS Liberty (PDF download)

American Legion Resolution No. 40: USS Liberty

'We're Fed Up With It': Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later

USS Liberty Veterans Banned Forever From American Legion National Convention

Wikipedia, USS Liberty incident (Memorial Day 2024). The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and Israeli Navy motor torpedo boats, on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War.[2] The combined air and sea attack killed 34 crew members (naval officers, seamen, two marines, and one civilian NSA employee), wounded 171 crew members, and severely damaged the ship.[3] At the time, the ship was in international waters north of the Sinai Peninsula, about 25.5 nautical miles (47.2 km; 29.3 mi) northwest from the Egyptian city of Arish.[1][4]

Israel apologized for the attack, saying that the USS Liberty had been attacked in error after being mistaken for an Egyptian ship.[5] Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a mistake due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity.[6] Others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate.[7][8] Read more on Wikipedia

Oren Miller officially reclaims former seat on Sumter Commission

 

Oren Miller officially reclaims former seat on Sumter Commission
Villages-News
By Meta Minton, May 21, 2024

Oren Miller officially reclaimed his seat on the Sumter County Commission on Tuesday evening at Eisenhower Recreation Center.

It’s been a long road back for the Village of Sanibel resident who won reinstatement to his former seat by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who issued an Executive Order.

There was no real formality in Miller’s return. County Attorney Jennifer Rey simply asked Miller if he would affirm the oath he originally took when he was seated on the commission in November 2020. Miller verbally affirmed his oath.

Miller apparently had some things he wanted to say and tried to launch into a long list he obviously prepared in advance. Miller began speaking, however, Commission Chairman Craig Estep interrupted Miller and said that such statements are customarily held until later in the meeting.

After nearly 90 minutes of reviewing a fire assessment study, as well as other studies, Miller finally had his say.

"I plan on working for the citizens of this county. Period," Miller said.

He also claimed the county commission’s public participation policy is not Constitutional, said he wanted a tour of the animal services facility with top county official Stephen Kennedy and called for a raise for Sumter County firefighters.

It was also revealed that Miller wants a county-issued iPhone and iPad. Commissioners Jeffrey Bogue and Andy Bilardello also indicated an interest in iPhones, rather than the county-issued android phones.

By the time Miller had his says, the man who previously had been in the District 5 seat now held by Miller, had already taken an early turn at the podium, during the public comment portion of the meeting.

Villager Don Wiley, who was appointed and then won election to Miller’s former and now reclaimed seat, came prepared to speak on the main topic of Tuesday evening’s special workshop – the Sumter County Fire Assessment MSBU Study.

Wiley noted that he has spent a lot of time on the study and offered some definite insight. He indicated solidarity with his former fellow commissioners, who have struggled with this contentious issue for many, many months.

"I wish I was up there to help you, but I am not," Wiley said.

Both Wiley and Miller are set to appear on the August primary ballot in the GOP contest. It will mark the first time the two men, now bitter rivals, will go head-to-head on a ballot.

Miller won an uphill race in 2020, but was later suspended from his seat by DeSantis after an allegation of perjury. Miller was found guilty of the charge, went to jail for 75 days and then fought back to eventually clear his name and demand his former seat back.

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Rabbi Shapiro Reacts to Jerusalem Announcement by President Trump

 Rabbi Shapiro Reacts to Jerusalem Announcement

Torah Jews YouTube: "In depth analysis!  Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro reacts to Jerusalem being declared the capital of Israel, and explains that the Jewish people relate to Jerusalem as a holy city, not as a political capital city.  Jerusalem as the capital of the "Jews" is a Zionist fiction, and conflicts directly with the teachings of Judaism.

To all those countries considering moving their embassies, please know that this would only benefit Israel and the Zionists, and has no benefit to the Jewish people at large.  Israel does NOT represent world Jewry."