WASHINGTON – A soon-to-be-released release Biden The administration’s report does not conclude that Israel violated the terms of U.S. arms use, according to three people briefed on the matter.
The report is expected to be sharply critical of Israel, although it does not conclude that Israel violated the terms of the U.S.-Israel arms agreements, according to a U.S. official.
Two U.S. officials and a third person briefed on the findings of the national security memo to be presented by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Congress discussed the matter ahead of the report’s release. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not yet public.
A senior Biden administration official said the memo was expected to be released on Friday but declined to comment on the findings.
The Biden administration’s conclusion comes after seven months of airstrikes, ground fighting and aid restrictions in Gaza that have claimed the lives of nearly 35,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
A presidential directive agreed to by the White House under pressure from congressional Democrats and others forced the administration to issue an unprecedented public ruling on whether Israel is legally using U.S.-supplied bombs and other security support in its conflicts with the Palestinians. . Israel has been the largest recipient of U.S. military aid and a U.S. security partner for more than half a century.
Axios first reported the memo’s conclusion.
