Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff in the Department of the Interior, became the first Jewish political appointee to resign her post in protest of U.S. President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Army Major Harrison Mann, an active-duty officer with the U.S. Army, publicly announced his resignation on Monday from the Defense Intelligence Agency and US Army over US policy on Gaza―the latest official to leave their post in protest of the Biden administration’s continued support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
“We are not authorized to send military equipment, weapons to countries that commit human rights abuses. ICJ has determined plausible genocide, yet we are still sending billions upon billions of not just defensive weaponry, but offensive weaponry. It is tantamount to a violation of domestic law. Many diplomats know it. Many diplomats are scared to say it.”
Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
A Department of Education policy adviser appointed by the Biden administration quit Wednesday to protest the administration’s crucial military support of Israel’s war in Gaza and its handling of the conflict’s repercussions at home and abroad.
Craig Mokhiber, Director of the New York office of the United Nations Human Rights Office, resigned in protest on October 31st over the UN’s worthless response to Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights. Here is the letter he wrote to UN human rights head Volker Türk on October 28th.
On 17 October 2023, Josh Paul, the State Department’s Director of Congressional and Public Affairs at the Bureau of Military Affairs posted his resignation letter on LinkedIn.
