The Arabic spokesperson for the US State Department, Hala Gharit, resigned in protest against Washington’s policy towards the war in Gaza, in at least the third resignation from the ministry about this case.
According to the Ministry’s website, Hala was also Deputy Director of the Regional Media Center in Dubai, and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about two decades ago as a political and human rights officer.
Hala wrote on LinkedIn: “I resigned in April 2024 after 18 years of distinguished service, in protest against US policy in Gaza.”
When asked about his resignation at a press conference on Thursday, a Foreign Office spokesman said the ministry has channels for its staff to express their views when they are not agree with government policies.
A wave of resignations
- About a month earlier, Anil Shilin from the State Department’s Human Rights Bureau announced that she was resigning.
- Department officer Josh Ball resigned in October.
- Tareq Habash, the top official of the US Department of Education who is Palestinian-American, resigned in January.
- The United States has come under growing criticism from international and human rights groups over its support for Israel in the ongoing attack on Gaza, which has killed thousands and created a crisis. unprecedented humanity.
- There have been reports of signs of dissent in President Joe Biden’s administration, as the war’s death toll continues to rise.
- In November, more than a thousand officials at the US Agency for International Development, part of the State Department, signed an open letter calling for an immediate ceasefire, and cables criticizing the administration’s policy were sent to ” opposition channel” within the State Department.
- The war also led to heated rhetoric and anti-war protests throughout the United States, Israel’s most important ally.
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2024-04-26 08:29:10
