WASHINGTON — Scores of lawmakers from US President Joe Biden's Democratic Party told him on May 4 that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated US law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into war-stricken Gaza.
A worker unloads humanitarian aid near the Erez Crossing point in northern Gaza on May 1.WASHINGTON — Scores of lawmakers from US President Joe Biden's Democratic Party told him on May 4 that they believe there is sufficient evidence to show that Israel has violated US law by restricting humanitarian aid flows into war-stricken Gaza.
The lawmakers said the Israeli government had resisted repeated US requests to open enough sea and land routes for aid to Gaza, and cited reports that it failed to allow in enough food to avert famine, enforced "arbitrary restrictions" on aid and imposed an inspection system that impeded supplies. At least four State Department bureaus advised Blinken last month that they found Israel's assurances "neither credible nor reliable".
UN World Food Programme executive director Cindy McCain told NBC News that there was now "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza. The lawmakers also condemned Hamas' Oct 7 attack in their letter, endorsed Israel's right to exist and expressed support for US efforts to broker a ceasefire and a second hostage release.
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