{"id":49156,"date":"2024-09-03T16:26:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T00:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=49156"},"modified":"2024-09-03T16:26:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T00:26:37","slug":"is-us-rethinking-arms-exports-to-israel-after-uk-halt-biden-official-says-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/03\/is-us-rethinking-arms-exports-to-israel-after-uk-halt-biden-official-says-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Is US Rethinking Arms Exports to Israel After UK Halt? Biden Official Says ‘No’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Palestine<\/a> defenders hopeful that the United Kingdom’s announcement<\/a> of a partial suspension of arms export licenses to Israel<\/a> were left disappointed on Tuesday after a U.S. State Department official said the Biden administration was not considering any similar move.<\/p>\n

Asked by CBS News<\/em> national security reporter Olivia Gazis during a daily press conference<\/a> if the U.K.’s decision “changed the U.S.’ position on whether international humanitarian rights have been violated” by Israel or if the U.S. is “rethinking any of its arms exports,” Miller said “no.”<\/p>\n

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“This is a decision that the United Kingdom made based on its assessments under its own laws,” he said. “We have our assessments that are ongoing when it comes to looking at possible violations of international humanitarian law, and those continue to be ongoing.”<\/p>\n

Miller \u2013 who has admitted<\/a> that the Gaza<\/a> death toll could be even higher than the figure claimed by Palestinian authorities \u2013 added that there are “a number of incidents” committed by Israeli forces that “remain under review.”<\/p>\n

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.@Olivia_Gazis<\/a> asked StateSpox if the US is rethinking any arms exports to Israel after UK decision to halt some weapons<\/p>\n

Miller: No\u2026we have our own assessments<\/p>\n

Gazis: Last we heard of those was in April, there\u2019s been no updates since April<\/p>\n

Miller: No\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/SjYoaxkH7R<\/a><\/p>\n

— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) September 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n