The Associated Press reports that the Biden administration is under pressure to give a formal decision this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on aid have broken international and U.S. laws meant to protect civilians from the worst parts of war. airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war.
“A decision against close ally Israel would add to pressure on President Joe Biden to curb the flow of weapons and money to Israel’s military. The Democratic administration took one of the first steps in that direction in recent days, when it paused a shipment of 3,500 bombs out of concern over Israel’s threatened offensive on Rafah, a southern city crowded with more than a million Palestinians, a senior administration official said.
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