‘Tired of writing about dead kids’: why a US state department worker resigned over Israel-Gaza policy
Mike Casey, one of only two people explicitly focused on Gaza, left over inaction and doing ‘what the Israelis want’
Hasnain says:
TIL the government only had 2(!) people assigned to Palestine, of which one resigned.
“Far from diplomacy, Casey now works at a local bank, where he watches from afar and his criticisms extend beyond a single administration. He sees a systemic failure in US policy towards Palestinians – a complete absence of a coherent strategy that in turn hurts Israelis too and remains viscerally personal.
“I remember two children killed in a ramming attack at a bus stop in Jerusalem who were the same age as my kids,” Casey said. “You see the effect the conflict has on people in Israel as well. Israelis deserve better, not just Palestinians.”
His ultimate assessment?
“We don’t have a policy on Palestine. We just do what the Israelis want us to do.”
Posted on 2024-12-19T03:20:37+0000